US defense bill measure would bar Pentagon from buying Chinese, Russian display technologies

By Stephen Nellis

(Reuters) – An amendment passed by the U.S. House of Representatives last week could bar the U.S. military from purchasing digital display technologies made by state-backed firms in China or Russia.

The lawmaker who sponsored the amendment, Austin Scott, a Georgia Republican, said reliance on technologies from “adversarial sources” poses a national security risk.

The amendment was part of the U.S. National Defense Authorization Act, a law passed each year to fund the U.S. military that received approval from the House in a 231-196 vote.

The amendment would bar the Pentagon from purchasing OLED displays, the same kind of displays used in smart phones, from firms backed by the governments of U.S. adversaries.

“These technologies are the backbone of critical military eq