U.S. and U.K. F-35 Jets Include ‘Core’ Circuit Boards from Chinese-Owned Company

U.S. and U.K. F-35 Jets Include ‘Core’ Circuit Boards from Chinese-Owned Company

Lockheed Martin confirmed this, saying that “Exception PCB produces bare circuit boards with no electronics to GE Aviation,” and emphasized that Exception is a “tier three” supplier. GE Aviation added that “Exception PCB – a commonly-used industry supplier – produces bare circuit boards in the UK for GE Aviation and has no visibility to the design or drawing of the F-35 system.” And as regards this particular defense program, “we produce bare circuit boards only in the U.K. for all of our aerospace and defense companies and have no visibility or access to the design data nor drawings for the boards.

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