Joint Strike Fighter Acquisition: Mature Critical Technologies Needed to Reduce Risks

Joint Strike Fighter Acquisition: Mature Critical Technologies Needed to Reduce Risks

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Abstract:

The Joint Strike Fighter Program is the most expensive aircraft program in the Department of Defense DOD. It is intended to produce affordable, next-generation aircraft to replace aging aircraft in the military services inventories. As currently planned, the program will cost about 200 billion to develop and procure about 3,000 aircraft and related support equipment. Two contractor teams, led by the Boeing Company and by the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, are competing for the engineering and manufacturing development phase. This phase of the program is projected to last about 8 years and cost about 20 billion and typically involves large, fixed investments in human capital, facilities, and materials.

Author(s):

No Author(s) Identified

Author Organization(s):

GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON DC

Supplementary Note:

Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans' Affairs, and International Relations, Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives.

Pagination:

0023

Security Markings

DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:

Approved For Public Release

RECORD

Collection: TR

Identifying Numbers

Report Number(s):

GAO-02-39

Monitor Series:

GAO

Subject Terms

Joint Capability Areas:

JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_3.2_Engagement; JCA_3_Force Application; JCA_1_Force Support; JCA_3.2.1_Kinetic Means; JCA_1.2_Force Preparation; JCA_4.6_Engineering; JCA_1.1_Force Management; JCA_4.2_Supply; JCA_4.2.1_Manage Supplies and Equipment; JCA_4.6.1_General Engineering; JCA_5.3.3_Develop Strategy; JCA_5.3.4_Develop Courses of Action; JCA_5.3.5_Analyze Courses of Action; JCA_1.1.1_Global Force Management; JCA_5.3.2_Apply Situational Understanding; JCA_1.2.6_Concepts; JCA_8_Building Partnerships; JCA_1.4.2_Health Service Delivery; JCA_1.4_Force Support

Communities of Interest:

Air Platforms

Descriptor(s):

*FIGHTER AIRCRAFT, *ACQUISITION, *MILITARY PROCUREMENT, *STRIKE WARFARE, *DEFENSE PLANNING, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, JOINT MILITARY ACTIVITIES, INVENTORY CONTROL

Field(s)/Group(s):

Attack and Fighter Aircraft, Administration and Management

Keyword(s):

GAO REPORTS

Report Date:

2001 Oct 01

Creation Date:

2001 Nov 07