11 - 'Technology Spy' Recruits US Citizen for Engine Technology Theft

In 2016, Wenxia Man, a.k.a. Wency Man, was convicted of conspiring to export defense articles, namely jet engines used in the F-35, F-22, and F-16, without a license.[2] The attempt was thwarted before the technology could be delivered to her contact in the PRC, Xinsheng Zhang, who Man described as a “technology spy” [3]aiming to replicate technology stolen from other countries. Man said the man was especially interested in stealth technology.

Man attempted to export the following engine models: “Pratt & Whitney F135-PW-100 engines used in the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter; Pratt & Whitney F119-PW-100 turbofan engines used in the F-22 Raptor fighter jet; General Electric F110-GE-132 engines designed for the F-16 fighter jet; the General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper/Predator B Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, capable of firing Hellfire Missiles; and technical data for each of these defense articles.”