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By 2017, delays and cost overruns had pushed the F-35 program's expected acquisition costs to $406.5 billion, with total lifetime cost (i.e., to 2070) to $1.5 trillion in then-year dollars which also includes operations and maintenance.
Because of cost-cutting measures, the U.S. Government asserts that the "flyaway" cost (including engines) has been dropping. The U.S. Government estimates that in 2020 an "F-35 will cost some $85m each, or less than half of the cost of the initial units delivered in 2009. Adjusted to today’s dollars, the 2020 price would be $75m each". [120]
The GAO expects the F-35 program to cost about $2 trillion over its entire lifespan. ... Gilli acknowledged that the F-35 program has had well-documented cost and time overruns. But those problems ...
F-35 plagued by manufacturing delays, soaring costs In a report to congressional committees, the watchdog agency said last year that the Department of Defense planned to spend over $2 trillion to ...
The F-35 costs an average of $82.5 million each for the F-35A variant being delivered in calendar years 2023, 2024 and 2025. The short takeoff and landing "B" variant and the Navy's "C" variant ...
While the General Dynamics F-16E/F Fighting Falcon costs $50 million per export copy, the F-35 is likely to cost between $110–130 million. [12] The exported F-35 versions will have the same configuration as the U.S. versions, according to Brigadier General David Heinz, program executive officer in 2009. [13]
According to the Government Accountability Office, F-35A cost has risen from $50m in 2002, via $69m in 2007 to $74m in 2010, all measured in 2002 dollars. [28] Canada reviewed their commitment to the project in December 2012, due to the cost overruns.
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