GAO: F-35 program still not fully tracking fighter parts, costs

By Briana Reilly / May 5, 2022 at 4:13 PM
The Government Accountability Office has found that F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program officials still do not have a full accounting of the costs tied to the various parts of the aircraft, despite making efforts to create a baseline inventory and improve tracking of those assets in recent years. The GAO report , released today, makes a dozen recommendations to bolster the documentation procedures for assets ranging from spares such as engines, tires and landing gear to support, special tooling and...

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