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Pentagon Pauses Acceptance of New F-35s After Finding Alloy from PRC in Aircraft Magnets

Frank Wolfe

Wednesday, September 7th, 2022

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Pentagon Pauses Acceptance of New F-35s After Finding Alloy from PRC in Aircraft Magnets

Pictured are two F-35As in flight over Luke AFB, Ariz. on July 25 (U.S. Air Fprce Photo)

The Pentagon has paused its acceptance of new Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighters for the U.S. Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps after the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) told the F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) on Aug. 19 of a Chinese-made alloy in the aircraft's turbomachine pumps by Honeywell [HON]. The Aug. 19 notification indicated that the cobalt and samarium alloy "is potentially in non-compliance with Defense Federal Acquisition Regulations Supplement (DFARS), as the alloy was produced in the…

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