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Avionics Builders Warn of Supply Chain Disruption and Other Fallout Due to COVID-19

Frank Wolfe

Friday, March 20th, 2020

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Avionics Builders Warn of Supply Chain Disruption and Other Fallout Due to COVID-19

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While Boeing [BA] has requested a $60 billion lifeline from the federal government to cushion the impact from the COVID-19 pandemic and U.S. airlines through the Airlines for America trade group have asked for more than $50 billion in federal aid, domestic avionics manufacturers have warned about the downstream impacts to their business in recent Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings. "We are vulnerable to the global economic effects of epidemics and other public health crises, such as the novel…

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