Two Kansas-based companies have been sentenced for operating with pirated computer software.

Lightning Aerospace, LLC and Fly Manufacturing, LLC had previously pleaded guilty in separate cases to one count each of Circumvention of Protected Copyrighted Work.

Dassault Systems owns the copyright to a software called Computer Aided Three-Dimensional Interactive Application (or CATIA).

According to court documents, Lightning Aerospace and Fly Manufacturing admitted to intentionally acquiring unlicensed versions of CATIA and using the software for years. Neither company purchased software from Dassault Systems or paid for licensing during that time.

The court ordered Lightning Aerospace to pay $46,002 in restitution to Dassault Systems in addition to $28,000 in court fines. Fly Manufacturing must pay $67,272 in restitution and $8,000 in fines.