Saturday, December 29, 2012

LRIP-6 F-35 contracts thus far

Just an update on a previous post: LRIP-6 is going toward $6B or more whenever the official motor and airframe contracts arrive next year. Some notes on F-35 LRIP-6 costs by looking at DOD contracts:
M$ Date Description Link to DOD contract
3677 28-Dec-2012 31 airframes (18A-6B-7C) http://goo.gl/Yd7Qy
753 28-Dec-2012 Non-recure sustainament http://goo.gl/Yd7Qy
374 28-Dec-2012 Non-recure sustainament. 60 LRIP-6&7 http://goo.gl/Yd7Qy
535 8-Aug-2011 Long-lead 38 airframes (25A*-6B-7C) http://goo.gl/N4KY6
194 6-Jan-2012 Long-lead 37 PW engines (24A**-6B-7C) http://goo.gl/ZNd6A
386 6-Dec-2012 Sustainment http://goo.gl/H7eQ7
14.8 9-Feb-2012 STOVL long lead "protect delivery schedule to 2014" http://goo.gl/1RTmg
38.5 12-Mar-2012 CTOL long lead http://goo.gl/pHf3m
Total M$
5972.3
*CTOL F-35A- 19 USAF, 4 Italy, 2 Australia
**PW engines for CTOL F-35A- 18 USAF, 4 Italy, 2 Australia