Huge numbers of counterfeit Chinese electronics have entered the global aerospace supply chain with over one million believed to have be in use on US military aircraft.
The finding comes following a year long investigation by the US Senate Armed Services Committee which uncovered 1,800 cases of bogus parts, including on the US Air Force’s largest cargo plane, special operations helicopters and Navy surveillance planes. The report revealed failures by defense contractors and the Department of Defence to report counterfeit parts and exposed a defense…
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