Noshir Gowadia

Epigrammata XXIV

Noshir Gowadia, b. 1944, Mumbai, India, worked for Northup and was considered the principal engineer in the development of the B-2 Stealth Bomber’s propulsion system. He admitted to sharing information with potential consulting clients that may have been classified, although his defense claimed he never shared classified information. The information which allegedly may have exonerated him could not be presented in court because it was classified.

From Mumbai such men arrive
Best of the world, and thrive
The engineer Noshir Gowadia
To the open arms of America--
Legally, yes-- for the B-2 the best
For propulsion, and of the rest
What he sold to China, cut rate
For gain since nineteen-sixty eight?
Dreams, we say: dreams of the great.