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...

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.

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...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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...

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.