The Pentagon has suspended F-35 deliveries after discovering that an alloy integral to magnets in the jet’s turbomachine pumps was produced in China. The use of subject alloy may constitute a violation of the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DoD) Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS)—a set of restrictions intended to protect the US defense industry from vulnerabilities inherent over-reliance on foreign sources of supply.
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