The Long-Range Strike Bomber winner is - NORTHROP!

[CharlesBronson]

The contract is for 80 billion and it looks like the USAF wants 100 aircraft, subtract a few billion for R&D, sustainment and administrative cost then do the math.

Interesting to realize that inflation in the US in the last 20 years has been negligible but Inflation in US Military contracts has been astronomical, to pay 500 or 600 millons for a single aircraft, no matter how good, is stupid.

 

[GrauGeist]

Interesting to realize that inflation in the US in the last 20 years has been negligible but Inflation in US Military contracts has been astronomical, to pay 500 or 600 millons for a single aircraft, no matter how good, is stupid.

2015 Bentley GT: $257,600
2015 Ferrari 458 Spider: $263,553
2015 Porsche Panamera: $263,900
2015 McLaren 650S: $280,225
2015 Ferrari 458 Speciale: $291,744
2015 Ferrari FF: $295,000
2015 Ferrari F12 Berlinetta: $319,995
2015 Lamborghini Aventador: $548,800
2015 Porsche 918 Spyder: $929,000
2015 Ferrari LaFerrari: $1,416,362
2015 Bugatti Veyron 16.4: $2,250,000

The best of the best does not come without a premium price...

 

[FLYBOYJ]

Interesting to realize that inflation in the US in the last 20 years has been negligible but Inflation in US Military contracts has been astronomical, to pay 500 or 600 millons for a single aircraft, no matter how good, is stupid.

Inflation? The B-2 cost $737 million in 1997 dollars for a single aircraft, mainly because the USAF only bought 21 of them

 

[johnbr]

I remember Northrop saying the fly away cost of the B-2 was 270mil$ when they were to make 132 of them.

 

[CharlesBronson]

Inflation? The B-2 cost $737 million in 1997 dollars for a single aircraft, mainly because the USAF only bought 21 of them

Well, tea, is a damned circle of soaring cost, planes expensive, military bought less because they are expensive, individual cost of each craft rise even more, etc, etc

 

[FLYBOYJ]

Well, tea, is a damned circle of soaring cost, planes expensive, military bought less because they are expensive, individual cost of each craft rise even more, etc, etc

Actually if they bought the original 100+ the cost would have been cut in half and "maybe" this program would noy be happening today.

OOOPS - just saw johnny's post!!!

 

[Lucky13]

The more gizmos, gadgets, thingmajigs and whatsits, the higher price!

 

[CharlesBronson]

I guess that the electronics will be 30 or 40 per cent of the cost of the new bomber, the encouraging part of the deal is that the USAF still put the money in manned warplanes, sometime ago I thought the F-35 was the last one.

 

[pbehn]

2015 Bentley GT: $257,600
2015 Ferrari 458 Spider: $263,553
2015 Porsche Panamera: $263,900
2015 McLaren 650S: $280,225
2015 Ferrari 458 Speciale: $291,744
2015 Ferrari FF: $295,000
2015 Ferrari F12 Berlinetta: $319,995
2015 Lamborghini Aventador: $548,800
2015 Porsche 918 Spyder: $929,000
2015 Ferrari LaFerrari: $1,416,362
2015 Bugatti Veyron 16.4: $2,250,000

The best of the best does not come without a premium price...

Good point but top of the range cars are in a strange market, some are bought purely because of the high price, you buy a million dollar car because it costs a million dollars.

 

[buffnut453]

Good point but top of the range cars are in a strange market, some are bought purely because of the high price, you buy a million dollar car because it costs a million dollars.

Wish I was rich enough to be that tiny-minded!

 

[FLYBOYJ]

I guess that the electronics will be 30 or 40 per cent of the cost of the new bomber, the encouraging part of the deal is that the USAF still put the money in manned warplanes, sometime ago I thought the F-35 was the last one.

You are correct, combine that with manufacturing cost relating to composite material as well as mandated production processes, test and documentation and there you easily have a $600 million dollar bomber.

 

[FLYBOYJ]

Should be good news for Palmdale.


Wheels

It will, but no way I'm moving back!!!!

 

[herman1rg]

It will be interesting to see any early sketches, mock-ups that reach the public domain.

 

[gjs238]

Good point but top of the range cars are in a strange market, some are bought purely because of the high price, you buy a million dollar car because it costs a million dollars.

Wish I was rich enough to be that tiny-minded!

Some buy them as investments.

 

[johnbr]

Boeing, Lockheed challenge US bomber contract award - Yahoo News
Found this looks like they are mad.

 

[pbehn]

Some buy them as investments.

Yes but an investor puts his work of art or whatever in a safe place, the truly decadent take their investment for a blast and wreck it.
I admire "Mr Bean" he crashed his McLaren twice and sold it for about six times more than he paid.

I do wonder sometimes if military procurement people are seduced by wanting more bells and whistles than are actually needed.

 

[gjs238]

I do wonder sometimes if military procurement people are seduced by wanting more bells and whistles than are actually needed.

No way! You think?

 

[FLYBOYJ]

I do wonder sometimes if military procurement people are seduced by wanting more bells and whistles than are actually needed.

The true Military Industrial Complex. I've seen it for 30 years!

 

[GregP]

I don't think electronics will be 30 - 40% at all. I think 65%, or perhaps just a bit lower or higher. It's over half. Airframes aren't all that expansive. Software testing IS.

 

[Lucky13]

2015 Bentley GT: $257,600
2015 Ferrari 458 Spider: $263,553
2015 Porsche Panamera: $263,900
2015 McLaren 650S: $280,225
2015 Ferrari 458 Speciale: $291,744
2015 Ferrari FF: $295,000
2015 Ferrari F12 Berlinetta: $319,995
2015 Lamborghini Aventador: $548,800
2015 Porsche 918 Spyder: $929,000
2015 Ferrari LaFerrari: $1,416,362
2015 Bugatti Veyron 16.4: $2,250,000

The best of the best does not come without a premium price...

.....and if I had the money, I wouldn't buy any of these!