美國聯合科技被政府罰款的主要原因是因為違法向中國出口為軍用目的而改進的軟體。這是關鍵技術。
「Federal prosecutors said the company knew that its export of modified software to China would allow Beijing to test and develop its new military helicopter, called the Z-10, using 10 engines that had been legally exported as commercial items.」