The following is an update on DOD procurement for the low-rate-initial-production batch 5 (LRIP-5) of F-35 aircraft. There will be another update this month as the defined contracts for the airframes and engines are released by the U.S. Department of Defense.
$138M 10May10 Long-lead-engines (then 42)
$522.5M 6Jul10 Long-lead items (then 42)
$4012M 9Dec11 Airframes (30) (TBD,defined EOY 2012 [32]*)
$485M 27Dec11 Non-recurring requirements
$1122M 27Dec11 Engines (TBD,defined EOY 2012)
$56.3M 13Mar12 Sustainment
$127.7M 14Dec12 Required to define end of year airframe order
$6463.5M -- Total
*Aviation Week predicts this contract (now for 32 F-35s) will be for $3800M, which if true (when the pending contract is announced) will put current LRIP-5 procurement at $6251.5M. This will change again once a defined contract for the jet-engines is released.
Also, like previous low-rate-initial-production batch contracts, there may be other LRIP-5 related contracts in the future.
4 comments:
Last time I looked, Eric, the engine contract was starting to nudge USD $1.3 Billion.
Pretty sure bet the LRIP 5 average unit price figure will be , at the very least, around the same as the LRIP 4 jets and over the $200 Million mark.
http://twitpic.com/bll62y
Too funny!
On FaceBook, Magoo a.k.a. Andrew MgLaughlin (ex-NACC Project Office PR type) continues to scoff at Two Hundred Million Dollar plus price tag.
Goes to show those with supposed access still believe in the fairies at the bottom of the garden. And aren't capable of simple arithmetic.
That's DKE-E.
Dunning Kruger Effect in Extremis . . .
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