Unistrong, a Chinese geospatial company, had owned the GNSS chipsets, algorithms, and correction services powering Case IH and New Holland tractor guidance systems—controlling the backbone of a company with ~15% global market share in large tractors. CNH's purchase was never framed as a national security move, but it exposed how far critical farm-machinery IP had drifted into foreign hands.
Source: CNH Industrial to Acquire Hemisphere GNSS · GPS World · Jan 1, 2023