The Pentagon has confirmed that it will stop the deliveries of new F-35 fighter jets after Lockheed Martin found that a metal component used in the jets’ engines had come from China.
TNI reports that an investigation into the component gained steam in mid-August and discovered that an alloy in the engine’s lubricant pump did not comply with U.S. procurement laws that bar unauthorized Chinese content, according to F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) spokesperson Russell Goemaere.
Lockheed Martin, which manufactures the fighter jets, said that “the issue is related to a magnet on the F-35 Turbomachine manufactured by Honeywell that includes cobalt and samarium alloy."
Source - The National Interest/Twitter - Image - Reuters