Dec. 22, 2014
U.S. Air Force May Be Paying Too Much for F117 Engine Sustainment (Redacted)
The objective of the audit was to determine whether U.S. Air Force (AF) officials used cost effective measures to sustain the F117 engine. This report is the first in a series that will address this objective. For this report, we focused on evaluating whether the AF’s commerciality determination for F117 engine fleet management program (sustainment) services provided by Pratt and Whitney was supported. A commerciality determination is critical because it affects the type of cost or pricing information needed to support contract negotiations and develop the Government’s negotiation position. Pratt and Whitney F117 engines power the C-17 aircraft.