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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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United States Government Accountability Office

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 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

F-35 program, Department of Defense needs better accountability for global spare parts and reporting of losses worth millionsGAO-23-106098 F-35 Global spare parts