
Last month, the Pentagon Inspector General (IG) released an audit of the program for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighter--a review that found the F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) lacked accurate information on F-35 parts. "Our test determined that 41 (19 percent) of the 217 part numbers we reviewed had at least one existence or completeness error," the audit said. "In addition, officials from the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer did not determine how the…