According to a survey by the U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security’s (BIS) Office of Technology Evaluation (OTE), all segments of the commercial, industrial and defense supply ...

You may have heard about DFARS 252.246-7007, Contractor Counterfeit Electronic Part Detection and Avoidance System, also known as the “Counterfeit Parts Rule.” The rule requires contractors who ...

Senate Committee says counterfeit parts put troops' lives in danger. May 22, 2012 — -- Counterfeit electronic parts from China are "flooding" into critical U.S. military systems, including ...

Covered Contractors must report instances of counterfeit parts or suspected counterfeit parts within 60 days Contractors must proactively monitor the government's database compiling sources of ...

The problem of counterfeit components is getting worse, even as OEMs, suppliers, and distributors improve their identification tactics. The Department of Commerce released a report earlier this year ...

July 24, 2013. In response to the growing demand and need of the electronics supply chain, IECQ, the IEC Quality Assessment System for Electronic Components, launched a program designed to address the ...

Last week, the Senate Armed Services Committee announced that it has launched an investigation into counterfeit electronic parts in the Department of Defense's supply chain. According to a statement ...

Counterfeit parts are a growing problem in every industry using board-level electronic components including commercial, industrial, automotive, military/aerospace and aerospace. This is because it is ...

How to safeguard against counterfeit electronic components. Joseph Ruggiero Vice President North Shore Components Bellport, N.Y. Given today’s global supply chain, OEMs, contract manufacturers, and ...

The Electronic Components Industry Association (ECIA) has issued a warning from its Chief Counsel, Robin Gray, on the increasing threat of counterfeit parts getting into the supply chain during ...

Used and non-authentic counterfeit electronic components are widespread throughout the defense supply chain; over the past two years alone, more than one million suspect parts have been associated ...

While the ending of the COVID-19 pandemic has eased many of the drastic shortages of electronic components, shortages of some parts still persist. One problem that has long plagued design engineers ...