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DoD Inspector General to Begin Audit of F-35 Assets in DPAS

DoD Inspector General to Begin Audit of F-35 Assets in DPAS
A U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II, assigned to the 34th Fighter Squadron, Hill AFB Utah, taxis by U.S. Navy Seamen, and an F/A-18E Super Hornet, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 86, Naval Air Station Lemoore, Calif., at Tyndall AFB, Fla. on May 11, 2021 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The Pentagon Inspector General (IG) said last week that it plans to begin an audit of how the program for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 has maintained a real-time inventory in the Defense Property Accountability System (DPAS) of F-35s, aircraft parts in the global spares pool, support equipment/special tooling/special test equipment, and internal use software. "The objective of this audit is to perform test procedures of the reporting of Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) F-35 assets in the Defense Property Accountability…

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