F-35 program : DOD needs better accountability for global spare parts and reporting of losses worth millions : report to congressional committees / United States Government Accountability Office.
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Washington, DC : United States Government Accountability Office, 2023.
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1 online resource (ii, 30 pages) : color illustrations
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"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).
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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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Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (GAO, viewed May 24, 2023).
