The Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a new report April 25 offering newrecommendations to improve the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s supply chain and sustainmentissues, and warns that without implementing new procedures, the program could prove unableto meet readiness requirements in an affordable manner.In the report, titled “F-35 Aircraft Sustainment: DOD Needs to Address Substantial SupplyChain Challenges,” the office lays out eight recommendations for the Pentagon to work on –together with the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment and the F-35Joint Program Office (JPO), as well as relevant services as required – to “close the gapbetween warfighter requirements and F-35 supply chain performance; and address challengeswith deployments, global parts movement, and spare parts accountability.”
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机译：政府问责局（GAO）在4月25日发布了新报告，其中提出了新建议，以改善F-35联合打击战斗机的供应链和维持问题，并警告说，如果不执行新程序，该计划将无法实施 r n以负担得起的方式满足战备要求。 r n办公室在报告中为五角大楼提出了八项建议，其中包括：F-35飞机的维持：国防部需要应对实质性的供应链挑战。与国防部负责采购和维持的副秘书长以及F-35 r n联合计划办公室（JPO）以及所需的相关服务一起努力–“缩小战斗人员之间的差距要求和F-35供应链绩效；并通过部署，全球零件移动和备件问责制来应对挑战。”
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