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GAO: Congress Should Require DoD to Develop ALIS Performance Measurement Process

By Vivienne Machi

Monday, March 16th, 2020

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GAO: Congress Should Require DoD to Develop ALIS Performance Measurement Process

The F-35A flies its aerial demonstration debut at the 2017 Paris Air Show. (Photo: Ethan Stokes/Lockheed Martin)

The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program suffers from a lack of performance measurement process for its main logistics system, and lawmakers should require the Pentagon to develop a strategy to improve its longstanding issues, according to a new government report. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has reviewed the F-35’s Autonomic Logistics Information System (ALIS) over the past five years and found that while the program is performing better in certain areas, problems persist that challenge the F-35’s personnel, per its…

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