It said it bought seven parts with authentic part numbers that were out of production, including parts used on the Air Force's F-15 fighters, the Marine Corps' V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft and the Navy's nuclear submarines. All of those parts failed inspection and were determined to be counterfeit.
It also purchased five parts with authentic part numbers that were stamped with date codes beyond the item's last actual production date and all of those were determined to be counterfeit as well.
The agency also bought four parts with made-up numbers that are not associated with any authentic parts, which it said showed the willingness of the vendors "to supply parts that do not technically exist." All 40 of the responses it received for the bogus part numbers came from China, the GAO said.
The GAO also noted it was able to get membership on two Internet buying platforms fairly easily, while a third rejected the request from the fictitious company. None of the platforms contacted the company's listed references, it said.
Parts for defense systems are bought from many sources, which often are infiltrated by counterfeit items, the senators said. China has been identified nearly five times more frequently than any other country as a source of counterfeit parts, according to a U.S. Commerce Department report.
After the November Senate hearing, a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry rejected the committee's findings and said China was committed to fighting fake products.
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