United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2001-10-19 monographic deposited born digital 23 p. GA 1.13:GAO-02-39 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-39 P0b002ee18039b464 f:d0239 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-39 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-39 GAO-02-39 Fighter aircraft Procurement planning Defense cost control Defense procurement Joint Direct Attack Munition Joint Strike Fighter Best Practices Other Written Product A02347 The Joint Strike Fighter Program (JSFP) is the most expensive aircraft program in the Department of Defense (DOD). It is intended to produce affordable, next-generation aircraft to replace aging aircraft in the military services' inventories. Although JSFP has made good progress in some technology areas, the program is at risk of not meeting its affordability objective because critical technologies are not projected to be matured to levels GAO believes would indicate a low risk program at the planned start of engineering and manufacturing development in October 2001. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-39/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-39.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-39/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-39.pdf GAO-02-39 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-39 Other Written Product GAO-02-39; Joint Strike Fighter Acquisition: Mature Critical Technologies Needed to Reduce Risks; Fighter aircraft Procurement planning Defense cost control Defense procurement Joint Direct Attack Munition Joint Strike Fighter Best Practices Public Law 106-398