Supply Chain Analysis

FOCI and Compliance Risk

Department of the Air Force (USAF)

Updated March 2024

3

Primes with 889 or 1260H Compliance Violations

3,212

Chinese Connected Tier 1 Suppliers

11

Primes with Chinese Connected Owners or Investors

2,900

Active Contracts over $10M

FOCI and Compliance Risk: U.S. Air Force

Ark.ai conducted a supply chain analysis of the Department of the Air Force (USAF), examining the vendors supporting the agency and their subcontractors, subsidiaries, list of suppliers, manufacturers, shippers, and other members of the supply chain. The resulting supplier analysis and supplier profile includes a compliance analysis, an evaluation of foreign ownership and investment and a comprehensive assessment of compliance risk and FOCI risk.

The analysis of USAF resulted in the following statistics. There are 3 Primes with 889 or 1260H Compliance Violations. The count of Chinese Connected Tier 1 Suppliers is 3,212 and the number of Primes with Chinese Connected Owners or Investors is 11.

Information about vendors with compliance violations, Chinese connections, and other supply chain risks are included in the following tables.

Top Companies with 889 or 1260H Violations

NameDollars AwardedCount of AwardsCount of Violations
Cepheid$61,426,373659
Beckman Coulter, Inc.$5,057,5562097
Pall Biomedical Inc$4,831,6771017
OTT HydroMet Corp$3,490,1161011
Pall Aeropower Corporation$1,893,1903120

Top Common Tier 1 Suppliers

NameCount of Common PrimesDollars Awarded to PrimesCount of Prime Contracts
CDW Government LLC204$301,315,971621,124
Carahsoft Technology Corp.140$520,653,9481,688,519
Dell Marketing L.P.171$426,664,85398,663
Dell Federal Systems L.P.165$724,511,750224,082
Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.140$3,796,032,43447,958

Top Contracts with Chinese Connected Suppliers

Contract IDSupplier NameDollars AwardedFunding Office
FA862018C4005Guangzhou Mingyue Packaging Machinery Co Ltd$39,795,753AFLCMC WIG Global Hawk
FA805220C0018Changzhou Runfu Electron Co Ltd$33,133,017AFMRA SG4
FA872619F0022Changzhou Runfu Electron Co Ltd$25,477,500AFLCMC HN
FA872619F0022SH Kaiwell Co Ltd$25,477,500AFLCMC HN
FA860620C0020Commscope Communication Technology China Co Ltd$20,100,000AFLCMC WNS

Top Primes with Non-U.S. Revenue

NameNon-US Revenue %Dollars AwardedPrimary Funding Office
Microsoft Corp50.10%$347,695,337USAF
3M Company57.60%$125,430,774USAF
EMD Millipore Corp65.90%$68,977,168USAF
Socit Anonyme Belge De Constructions Aronautiques98.70%$57,402,347USAF
PTC Inc55.30%$35,892,708USAF

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