Government Accountability Office

Despite full-rate production, the F-35 program still faces severe delays and modernization issues, per a GAO report.

Facing criticism over soldier housing, the US Army requests $2.4 billion to build new barracks and improve living conditions.

A GAO report exposes an alarming readiness crisis in the US F-35 fleet, prompting urgent calls for maintenance and sustainment reforms.

The Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) appears to be short on active-duty operators, a report indicates. As 2019 faded away, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a report that reveals a crisis in the making for the Air Force’s elite. Like almost every other Special Operations Command, during the last years, AFSOC has […]

With the Russian Navy placing an increased emphasis on its submarine fleet, the United States has taken a number of steps meant to curb the Russian advance throughout the Arctic and Northern Atlantic. But longstanding issues caused by budgetary delays, sequestration, and repeated cuts continue to haunt the force. The re-establishment of the once defunct […]

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has to make some very tough decisions soon on a billion-dollar military service contract that provides food and equipment to our troops in the Middle East. This decision regarding the behemoth Kuwait and Gulf Link Transport or KGL is just the latest in over a decade of allegations such […]

To test just how easy it is for cops to get high-tech military equipment, a government agency asked for more than $1.2 million in weapons by pretending to be a fake law enforcement agency — and got it, according to a report published last week. The Government Accountability Office, the agency tasked with overseeing government abuse, made up […]

But wait, there’s more, as the Army also wants new uniforms, again.

The Army and Marine Corps have stooped so low as to mislead potential recruits with a sexual encounter turned recruitment pitch

The latest problem with the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter? There might be something seriously wrong with the gold-plated aircraft’s brain.   A Government Accountability Office report released Thursday raises concerns about the jet’s $16.7 billion Autonomic Logistics Information System (ALIS). The software is essentially the brain that enables the fifth-generation warplane to operate, tracking everything […]

Editor’s Note: When Northrop-Grumman won the original award of the U.S. Air Force’s Long Range Strike-Bomber (LRS-B, now known as the B-21) contract, the competing team of Boeing and Lockheed-Martin filed a protest with the Government Accountability Office (GAO). Their claim was denied by the GAO, and both companies have elected to not pursue any […]

Editor’s Note: This is a really big deal, FighterSweep Fans. There has been speculation in the past few days the LRS-B award might be overturned because of accusations of impropriety on the part of Richard Lombardi, who held the top civilian seat in the Air Force’s Acquisitions (AQL) Directorate. Apparently Lombardi failed to mention his […]