An investigation is "moving quickly" into how a Chinese alloy ended up in components for F-35 jets and Pentagon officials hope to soon get a waiver for production to resume.
Delivery of F-35s to
"They're looking at two things: one, impact on security, if any, and impact on airworthiness or safety, if any,"
"I've just seen enough cases of discovering things in supply chains that I wouldn't be surprised by anything," LaPlante said, according to The Hill.
"Any company that says they know their supply chain is like a company saying they'd never been hacked, so it's an endless battle."
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