F-35 Officials: Most Issues Identified in New IG Report Already Being Addressed

By Lee Hudson / September 30, 2013 at 6:15 PM
Most findings in a newly released Defense Department inspector general report on the F-35 program do not concern new or critical issues that affect the health of the program, the program office said today. The IG report calls the F-35 program office's oversight of Lockheed Martin's quality-assurance processes inadequate and focuses on quality assurance conformity to regulatory and contractual requirements needed for F-35 aircraft production. The IG assessed six companies when compiling the report including Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman Aerospace...

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