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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.
Inflation? The B-2 cost $737 million in 1997 dollars for a single aircraft, mainly because the USAF only bought 21 of themInteresting 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
Actually if they bought the original 100+ the cost would have been cut in half and "maybe" this program would noy be happening today.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
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.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.
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.
Should be good news for Palmdale.
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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.
I do wonder sometimes if military procurement people are seduced by wanting more bells and whistles than are actually needed.
I do wonder sometimes if military procurement people are seduced by wanting more bells and whistles than are actually needed.
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...