Industry News
EMS Now, Jennifer Read
The trade in counterfeit electronics has been one of the most
discussed and analyzed topics in the electronics industry for years and
there seems to be no end in sight. There are numerous reasons why
counterfeit parts surface, and companies need to be particularly
vigilant during supply chain constraints...
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EPSNews, Emily Newton
The electronics supply chain — for both civilian and military
applications — has faced numerous difficulties over the last several
years. They collectively resulted in issues such as order delays and
problems getting components from a manufacturer’s usual suppliers.
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Holland & Knight, Robert A. Friedman, Andrew K. McAllister, Eric S. Crusius, Mackenzie A. Zales, Sergio A. Fontanez, Sarah K. Hubner
President Joe Biden signed into law the James M. Inhofe National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (2023 NDAA or Defense Bill) on
Dec. 23, 2022. The Defense Bill,
which passed the U.S. House of Representatives on Dec. 8 and the Senate
on Dec. 15, includes a key provision, Section 5949, that prohibits the
U.S. government...
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Military + Aerospace Electronics, John Keller
PATUXENT RIVER NAS, Md. – U.S. Navy combat aircraft experts are
asking Lockheed Martin Corp. to set up a program to mitigate
obsolescence of electronic components over the lifetime of the nation's
fleet F-35 combat jets.
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EPSNews, Barbara Jorgensen
The close of 2022 looks undeniably grim for the electronics supply
chain. Two U.S. indices in November – the PMI and component sales trends
– fell to their lowest levels since May of 2020. The ECIA’s components survey collapsed to 58.1, well below the growth threshold of 100. The ISM’s PMI declined to 49; readings below 50 indicate contraction.
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Defense News, Stephen Losey, Joe Gould
WASHINGTON — For about half the summer, 18 newly completed F-35 fighter jets sat outside Air Force Plant 4, a Lockheed Martin-operated facility in Fort Worth, Texas. Instead of flying to military bases around the world, the F-35s were parked while U.S. Defense Department officials tried to untangle the supply chain mess that had stuck them there.
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Electronic Design, James Morra
At the start of the year, the situation with the global chip shortage
had become so dire that large industrial conglomerates were ripping scarce chips out of washing machines to plug them into industrial modules. In
a turn of events, there are now signs that the worst of the
semiconductor drought is subsiding, according to multiple analysts.
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Clean Technica, Tim Tyler
The shortage of semiconductor chips required for advanced technologies
will soon turn into a surplus, reversing the semiconductor shortage that
has afflicted the automotive industry for the majority of the previous
two years. VNC Automobile, an in-vehicle networking specialist, believes
that the possibility of a recession may trigger a surplus.
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EPSNews, News Desk
Adverse conditions that stunted semiconductor sales in the second half
of 2022 are expected to persist through the first half of next year, IC Insights
reports. A global economy that is struggling through recession, soft
demand for new enterprise and personal computers and smartphones,
elevated chip inventory levels...
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Reuters, Kantaro Komiya, Kaori Kaneko
TOKYO,
Nov 30 (Reuters) - Japan's factory output fell for a second consecutive
month in October, as stalling global demand and lingering supply
bottlenecks put a lid on Japanese manufacturers' production plans.
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