If critical components or raw materials used to manufacture our products or used in our development programs become scarce
or unavailable, then we may incur delays in manufacturing and delivery of our products and in completing our development
programs, which has damaged, and could continue to damage, our business, results of operations and financial condition. Due
to increased demand across a range of industries, the global supply chain for certain critical components and raw materials used in the
manufacture of our products and used in our development programs has in the past experienced, and may in future periods experience,
significant strain. A constrained supply environment has in the past adversely affected, and could in the future adversely affect,
availability, lead times and the cost of components, and could impact our ability to timely complete development programs, respond to
accelerated or quick-turn delivery requests from customers, or meet customer demand and product delivery dates for our end customers
in situations where we cannot timely secure adequate supply of these components. Moreover, if any of our suppliers become financially
unstable, or otherwise unable or unwilling to provide us with raw materials or components, then we may have to find new suppliers. It
may take several months to locate alternative suppliers, if required, or to redesign our products to accommodate components from
different suppliers. We may experience significant delays in manufacturing and shipping our products to customers and incur additional
development, manufacturing and other costs to establish alternative sources of supply if we lose any of these sources or are required to
redesign our products. We cannot predict if we will be able to obtain replacement components within the time frames that we require at
an acceptable cost, if at all.
In an effort to mitigate these risks, in some cases, we have incurred higher costs to secure available inventory or have extended or
placed non-cancellable purchase commitments with suppliers, which introduces inventory risk if our forecasts and assumptions prove
inaccurate. While we may attempt to recover the increased costs through price increases to our customers, we may be unable to mitigate
the effect on our results of operations. We have also multi-sourced and pre-ordered components and raw materials inventory in some
cases in an effort to reduce the impact of the adverse supply chain conditions we have experienced or may experience in the future.
Limits on manufacturing availability or capacity or delays in production or delivery of components or raw materials could delay or
inhibit our ability to obtain supply of components and produce finished goods. Supply chain constraints and their related challenges
could result in shortages, increased material costs or use of cash, engineering design changes, and delays in new product introductions,
each of which could materially adversely affect our growth, gross margin and financial results. These types of negative financial
impacts on our business may become more acute if supply chain pressures increase.
Our financial results could continue to be adversely impacted by the escalation of labor and benefit costs. Consistent with the
experience of other employers, our labor, medical and workers’ compensation costs have increased substantially in recent years and are
expected to continue to rise. If this trend continues, the cost of labor and to provide healthcare and other benefits to our employees
could continue to increase, which could materially adversely affect our future profitability. Competition for employees has escalated in
the labor market which has increased costs associated with attracting and retaining skilled employees. We cannot be certain that we will
be able to maintain an adequately skilled labor force necessary to operate efficiently or that our labor costs will not increase as a result
of a shortage in the availability of skilled employees. Any significant increases in the costs attributable to our self-insured health and
workers’ compensation plans could adversely impact our business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.
Price inflation for labor and materials, further exacerbated by the Russian invasion of Ukraine or the Israel-Hamas war, could
adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition. We have experienced considerable price inflation in our
costs for labor and materials in recent years, which has materially adversely affected our business, results of operations and financial
condition. We may not be able to pass through to our customers inflationary cost increases under our existing fixed-price contracts. Our
ability to raise prices to reflect increased costs may be limited by competitive conditions in the market for our products and services.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the Israel-Hamas war, and prolonged conflict in either such situation, may continue to result in
increased inflation, escalating energy and commodity prices and increasing costs of materials. We continue to work to mitigate such
pressures on our business operations as they develop. To the extent the war in Ukraine or the Israel-Hamas war adversely affects our
business as discussed above, it may also have the effect of heightening many of the other risks described herein, such as those relating
to cybersecurity, supply chain, volatility in prices and market conditions, any of which could negatively affect our business and
financial condition.
If our subcontractors fail to perform their contractual obligations, our prime contract performance and our ability to obtain
future business could be materially adversely affected. Many of our contracts involve subcontracts with other companies upon
whom we rely to perform a portion of the services we must provide to our customers. There is a risk that we may have disputes with
our subcontractors, including disputes regarding the quality and timeliness of work performed by the subcontractor or customer
concerns about the subcontractor. Failure by our subcontractors to satisfactorily provide, on a timely basis, the agreed-upon supplies or
perform the agreed-upon services may materially adversely affect our ability to perform our obligations to our customer and could
result in the assessment of late delivery penalties. Subcontractor performance deficiencies could result in a customer terminating our
contract for cause or could otherwise result in our default under the applicable