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F-35 Joint Strike Fighter: Actions Needed to Address Manufacturing and Modernization Risks

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date May 12, 2020
Release Date May 12, 2020
Report No. GAO-20-339
Summary:

The F-35 program produced more aircraft and negotiated lower prices in 2019. However, the program is not meeting standards aimed at ensuring consistent, high-quality products, and fielded aircraft do not meet reliability goals.

Also, the cost to modernize aircraft systems went up about $1.5 billion (14%) since the program’s May 2019 annual report to Congress. Due to development delays, this reporting requirement will expire before the effort is complete. We suggest Congress consider extending it.

We made 5 recommendations, including some to help the Defense Department make its modernization cost estimate more comprehensive and credible.

An F-35B Exercising Its Short Takeoff and Vertical Landing Capability on the USS America

Fighter jet

Fighter jet

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