The Pentagon inspector general announced it will start an audit this month to determine whether TransDigm Group's "business model affects the DOD's ability to pay fair and reasonable prices for spare parts." In a July 8 memo sent to the under secretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, the commander of U.S. Special Operations Command and others, Theresa Hull, the assistant inspector general for audit, writes that the audit is in response to a congressional request. "We will perform the...