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US Defense Department approves a national security waiver to resume F-35 deliveries after discovery of a Chinese part in the jet.

Deliveries can resume for Lockheed Martin Corps F-35 jet under a waiver allowing Chinese-origin alloy to go into an engine part, the Pentagon said on Saturday.... | October 9, 2022

With a waiver allowing alloy of Chinese origins to continue to be used on F-35 fighter jets, the US military has exposed its dependence on Chinese rare-earth products, and China can opt to limit the export of such strategic resources to safeguard its national security, analysts said on Sunday.

The F-35 is also one of the most popular military platforms in the world, having been adopted by nations around the globe.

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By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Deliveries can resume for Lockheed Martin Corp's F-35 jet under a waiver allowing Chinese-origin alloy to go into...

By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Deliveries can resume for Lockheed Martin Corp's F-35 jet under a waiver allowing Chinese-origin alloy to go into...

By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Deliveries can resume for Lockheed Martin Corps F-35 jet under a waiver allowing Chinese-origin alloy to go into an engine part, the Pentagon said on Saturday. In September the Pentagon stopped accepting new F-35 jets after it discovered a magnet in the stealthy fighters engine was made with unauthorized material from China. The waiver, signed Oct. 8 by William LaPlante, the Pentagons chief weapons buyer, allows an alloy in the engines lubricant pump that doe...

Deliveries can resume for Lockheed Martin Corp's F-35 jet under a waiver allowing Chinese-origin alloy to go into an engine part, the Pentagon said on Saturday.

The discovery did not affect flight operations already in service, the Joint Program Office said.