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

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.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA395506

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Aeronautics
  • Air Force
  • Aircraft Design
  • Aircrafts
  • Best Practices
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Governments
  • International Relations
  • Manufacturing
  • National Security
  • Product Development
  • Production
  • Reliability
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Business

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Public Financial Management and Budgeting