The defense industry supports a proposed Defense Department rule that would provide contractors with more safe harbors for cost reimbursement if they discover counterfeit parts in their supply chains, but industry advocates still have concerns about execution of the new policy. In a May 24 letter responding to the proposed rule, the Council of Defense and Space Industry Associations notes that it "wholeheartedly supports the change to the statute to expand the conditional safe harbor from strict liability for costs...
