F-35 program : DOD needs better accountability for global spare parts and reporting of losses worth millions : report to congressional committees /
The F-35 Lightning II aircraft is DOD's most costly weapon system in history. Overall costs are estimated to be more than $1.7 trillion over the program's life cycle. The F-35's supply chain has a unique design. Rather than owning the spare parts for their aircraft, the program partic...
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| Format: | Government Document eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, DC :
United States Government Accountability Office,
2023.
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| Online Access: | https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo215080 |
| Summary: | The F-35 Lightning II aircraft is DOD's most costly weapon system in history. Overall costs are estimated to be more than $1.7 trillion over the program's life cycle. The F-35's supply chain has a unique design. Rather than owning the spare parts for their aircraft, the program participants share a common, global pool of spare parts that DOD owns and the prime contractors manage. These spare parts are held in over 50 domestic and international non-prime contractor facilities. This report examines the extent to which DOD oversees and accounts for F-35 global spare parts held at non-prime contractor facilities. GAO is making four recommendations, including for DOD to take steps to ensure that all spare parts in the global spares pool are accountable under a contract, and to develop a process for contractors to report losses and dispose of spare parts that are excess, obsolete, or unserviceable. |
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| Item Description: | "May 2023." "GAO-23-106098." In scope of the U.S. Government Publishing Office Catalog and Indexing Program (C&I) and Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). GPO Cataloging Record Distribution Program (CRDP). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ii, 30 pages) : color illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |