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Pentagon Bars Release of GAO's Report on F-35 Program
A GAO spokesperson said the report was marked Controlled Unclassified Information and has no current plan for public release.
- On Wednesday, the Pentagon blocked the public release of a non-partisan Government Accountability Office report on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program for the first time in over two decades.
- Produced by Lockheed Martin, the F-35 has faced persistent criticism for late engine deliveries, software updates, cost overruns, and readiness challenges; it remains the Defense Department's most costly weapon system.
- Titled "F-35 Joint Strike Fighter: Update on Production and Modernization Efforts," the annual congressional report was marked "Controlled Unclassified Information with no current plan to be released to the public," per a GAO spokesperson.
- Although Bloomberg News first reported the blockage, the Pentagon declined to comment, preventing public access to watchdog findings on the program's costly readiness issues.
- Last month, the GAO reported that only one in four F-35s is fully mission-capable; the watchdog also found hundreds of millions in contractor incentives since 2020 have proven ineffective.
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Pentagon bars release of GAO's report on F-35 program
The Pentagon has barred the release of a government watchdog report on the F-35 fighter plane program, the Defense Department’s (DOD) most costly weapon system that has been riddled with performance issues and increasing costs. The report from the non-partisan Government Accountability Office (GAO), which is mandated by Congress and issued annually, was reviewed by...
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Total News Sources7
Leaning Left2Leaning Right3Center2Last UpdatedBias Distribution43% Right
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- 43% of the sources lean Right
43% Right
L 29%
C 28%
R 43%
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