Plant DNA & Micron Patterns: DLA Gets High-Tech Vs. Counterfeiters

Plant DNA & Micron Patterns: DLA Gets High-Tech Vs. Counterfeiters
Plant DNA & Micron Patterns: DLA Gets High-Tech Vs. Counterfeiters

“There’re a lot of chiselers out there,” Vice Adm. Mark Harnitchek sighed. Congressional angst over counterfeit parts has understandably focused on ersatz electronics, many of them from much-mistrusted China, but as head of the Defense Logistics Agency, Harnitchek has found fakes in everything from air filters to rubber tubing. “There’re folks that counterfeit those, believe it or…