March 20, 2015

Small Business Contracting at Regional Contracting Office-National Capital Region Needs Improvement

We performed the audit in response to a Defense Hotline allegation. Our objective was to determine whether the Marine Corps Regional Contracting Office-National Capital Region (RCO-NCR) in Quantico, Virginia, provided small businesses adequate opportunity to be awarded prime contracts.

March 12, 2015

Independent Review of the DFAS FY 2012 Working Capital Fund Financial Statement Audit

This report is a result of Project No. D2013-D000FH-0099.000.

March 11, 2015

F-35 Lightning II Program Quality Assurance and Corrective Action Evaluation DODIG-2015-092

We inspected the F-35 Lightning II Program (F-35 Program) at Lockheed Martin, Fort Worth, Texas, for conformity to the contractually required Aerospace Standard (AS)9100, “Quality Management Systems – Requirements for Aviation, Space and Defense Organizations.”

March 9, 2015

Evaluation of Aircraft Ejection Seat Safety When Using Advanced Helmet Sensors DODIG-2015-090

We are issuing this report in response to a request from Congress through the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2015. We determined whether DoD aircraft ejection seats meet aircrew survivability and equipment airworthiness requirements for pilots and aircrew wearing helmet-mounted displays (HMDs), night vision goggles (NVGs), or both during flight operations.

March 5, 2015

Air Force is Developing Risk-Mitigation Strategies to Manage Potential Loss of the RD-180 Engine DODIG-2015-086

This report is a result of Project No. D2014-D000AU-0226.000.

March 4, 2015

Delinquent Medical Service Accounts at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth Need Additional Management Oversight

Our objective was to determine whether Naval Medical Center Portsmouth (NMCP) properly managed delinquent accounts more than 180 days delinquent (unpaid) by transferring the debt to the appropriate debt collection agency or by actively pursuing collection.