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The $203B is the total program cost. It includes the 30 years of operating costs which are more than development and acquisition. The unit cost is currently est
by ianburrell 3y ago
The $203B is the total program cost. It includes the 30 years of operating costs which are more than development and acquisition. The unit cost is currently estimated to be $700 million.
The B-2 $2B is 1992 unit cost. Inflation means more like $4B. Plus, the B-2 are pretty expensive to operate which is why the B-21 will replace the B-2 first.
- giantrobot 3y agoThe Air Force planned to order more than 100 B-2s when the program was started but Congress cut the order down to fewer than two dozen. So the cost per plane ballooned because the development costs had to be amortized of a smaller number of airframes.