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Side-by-side factor and exposure compare for substitution diligence.

NOMINAL
Ayar Labs
United States · photonics optics
35
Score

CLEAR — Ayar Labs: criticality to DoD-exposed downstream programs compounded by sanctions exposure in its immediate supply path in photonics optics. A chokepoint underwriting concern at this tier.

Foreign-Origin Concentration3
Sole-Source Dependence43
Sanctions Exposure45
Downstream Criticality59
Sanctioned: No
DoD:
Suppliers: 4
Customers: 3
NOMINAL
Applied Optoelectronics
United States · photonics optics
36
Score

CLEAR — Applied Optoelectronics: criticality to DoD-exposed downstream programs compounded by sole-source / single-point-of-failure dominance in photonics optics. A chokepoint underwriting concern at this tier.

Foreign-Origin Concentration3
Sole-Source Dependence49
Sanctions Exposure45
Downstream Criticality60
Sanctioned: No
DoD:
Suppliers: 3
Customers: 5
Shared counterparties
0
Δ Foreign-Origin
+6
Δ Sole-Source
0
Δ Sanctions
+1
Δ Downstream
Data Provenance· generated 2026-08-10 01:06:49Z
  • Consolidated Screening List (CSL) [LIVE] https://data.trade.gov/downloadable_consolidated_screening_list/v1/consolidated.json @ 2026-08-10T01:06:49.039Z
  • USASpending.gov — DoD award search [LIVE] https://api.usaspending.gov/api/v2/search/spending_by_award/ @ 2026-08-10T01:06:49.377Z
  • Curated ownership aggregation [FALLBACK] @ 2026-08-10T01:06:49.378Z
  • Curated China-ecosystem + Nexperia edges (Phase B, CSET ETO + TechInsights + TrendForce + SCMP + BIS Entity List + Nexperia press release) [FALLBACK] @ 2026-08-10T01:06:49.378Z

Firm/commodity-level signals from public data — not component-level BOM. Scores are an analytic underwriting heuristic, not legal or procurement advice.