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Pentagon to Determine Future Supply Chain Strategy for F-35

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Pentagon to Determine Future Supply Chain Strategy for F-35
Two U.S. Air Force F-35 Lightning IIs assigned to the 354th Fighter Wing, Eielson AFB, Alaska, fly next to a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 909th Aerial Refuel Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan, during RED FLAG-Alaska 22-3 over the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex (JPARC), Alaska on August 1 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The Pentagon is to determine the future supply chain strategy for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighter. In April, 2019, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) advised the F-35 program to devise such a strategy in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, the Pentagon acquisition chief, and top Department of the Air Force and Navy officials. That strategy is one of three open, priority recommendations on the F-35 program not yet implemented, according to a new GAO report. "DoD concurred with…

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