A subsidiary of U.S. defense contractor United Technologies Corporation, or UTC, pleaded guilty Thursday to criminal charges of selling Communist China hardware to help it build a military attack helicopter.
The Justice Department charged UTC's Canadian subsidiary, Pratt & Whitney Canada, with selling China hardware for its Z-10 attack helicopter, violating the Arms Export Control Act.
United Technologies, its U.S.-based subsidiary Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, and Pratt & Whitney Canada agreed to pay more than $75 million as part of a settlement to the U.S. government.
Part of the fine was for making false statements to U.S. officials. The contractors said they thought they were helping China build a civilian helicopter.
The United States has barred companies from selling military equipment to China since the 1989 Tiananmen Square killing of pro-democracy demonstrators. VoA.
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