Joint Strike Fighter: Restructuring Should Improve Outcomes, but Progress is Still Lagging Overall

Abstract

The F-35 Lightning II, also known as the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), is the Department of Defense's (DOD) most costly and ambitious aircraft acquisition, seeking to simultaneously develop and field three aircraft variants for the Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and eight international partners. The JSF is critical for recapitalizing tactical air forces and will require a long-term commitment to very large annual funding outlays. The estimated total investment cost is currently about $385 billion to develop and procure 2,457 aircraft. Because of a history of relatively poor cost and schedule outcomes, defense leadership over the past year has directed a comprehensive restructuring of the JSF program that is continuing.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 15, 2011
Accession Number
ADA540270

Entities

People

  • Michael Sullivan

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Aircraft Design
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Congress
  • Contracts
  • Engineering
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Governments
  • Industrial Plants
  • Procurement
  • Reliability
  • Short Takeoff Aircraft
  • Tactical Aircraft
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States Government

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Naval Engineering and Maritime Security