Former? Everybody feeling all confident as to the "superiority" of Kopin's famous/infamous "Supply Chain"? Derrick?

Lastly, the Nikkei report hinted that BOE is still vulnerable to a potential crackdown from the U.S., where companies such as Corning, 3M, and Applied Materials provide the most crucial materials and equipment to make those screens.

Any attempt by the U.S. to clamp down on supplies to BOE -- as Washington did to Huawei Technologies -- could hit the Chinese display champion badly. BOE was founded in 1993 in Beijing as a former military and defense supplier." 

https://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2019/08/the-ongoing-rumor-of-chinas-boe-technology-entering-apples-supply-chain-for-future-oled-displays-for-iphones-continues.html