ALIS was intended to provide support for all aspects of F-35 operations, including mission planning, flight scheduling, repairs and scheduled maintenance, as well as the ordering of spare parts. However, the system has become infamous for its continued troubles.

It is the Autonomic Logistics Information System (ALIS) that gives F-35 Lightning II operators the ability to plan ahead, to maintain, to plan and sustain its systems over the life of the air vehicle. ALIS provides the IT backbone and capabilities to support current and future Warfighters across the U.S. services and the world.

The F-35′s ALIS system — which was meant to help the military order spare parts for the fighter, schedule and track maintenance, and keep an eye on which planes were ready to fly — was deeply troubled. The Government Accountability Office in 2020 said crucial data meant to be automatically collected by ALIS was often inaccurate or misleading.