From “The Defense Monitor,” Center for Defense Information – Washington DC

C. Hellman, February 2001

Program Costs to Date for Selected Weapons Systems

($ in Billions*)

	Funding To Date	Funding Period	Total Program Costs	Major Contractors and Subcontractors
F/A-18E/F Fighter	$18.8	FY'91-'01	$46.8	Boeing/McDonnell-Douglas, Northrop, General Electric
F-22 Fighter	$25.8	FY'82-'01	$61.9	Lockheed Martin Corp., Boeing Company, Pratt & Whitney
Joint Strike Fighter	$4.3	FY'91-'01	$219	Lockheed Martin Corp. (Partnered with Northrop Grumman), Boeing Company, Pratt & Whitney
C-17 Transport Aircraft	$34.6	FY'84-'01	$44.9	Boeing Company, Pratt & Whitney
V-22 Osprey Aircraft	$12.0	FY'83-'01	$38.1	Boeing, Bell-Textron, Allison
RAH-66 Comanche Helicopter	$5.2	FY'84-'01	$48.1	Boeing Rotocraft, Sikorsky Aircraft, Inc., LHTEC
Crusader Artillery System	$2.8	FY'91-'01	$11	United Defense
NSSN New Attack Submarine ("Virginia" Class)	$11.7	FY'92-'01	$65.7	General Dynamics Electric Boat Division, Newport News Shipbuilding
Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD)	$95	FY'83-'01	N/A	N/A
National Missile Defense (NMD)	$44	FY'83-'01	N/A	Boeing, TRW, Lockheed-Petretti, Raytheon

* NOTE: Dollars are "then-year" or "current" dollars, and are therefore not adjusted for inflation. Current dollars are used to show actual expenditures, rather than purchasing power or replacement costs.

Sources: DoD Procurement Programs, and Program Acquisition Costs by Weapons System, Fiscal Years 1982--2001. Total program costs are based on DoD's Selected Acquisition Report, December 11, 2000 and the Congressional Budget Office.

Prepared by Christopher Hellman, Senior Analyst, February 13, 2001.