Comments on: Dutch Reveal JSF Costs

By: Robbin

Robbin — Tue, 05 May 2009 14:24:08 +0000

The F-22 is not an option they only get sold to the USAAF

By: Nied

Nied — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 00:54:12 +0000

Sorry $110-$130 million apiece.

By: Nied

Nied — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 00:52:44 +0000

Fly away cost for the Raptor is $110-$130 apiece.

By: 22lr

22lr — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 18:41:22 +0000

I was thinking it would be way higher than that, like 200+. Still they are expensive but they are getting a lot of airplane for the money.

By: Ward

Ward — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 12:26:37 +0000

That’s a good call, George. The unit flyaway cost (sorry, Winslow) is certainly going to be a lot less across the entire buy.

By: Benjamin Fan

Benjamin Fan — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 04:48:10 +0000

Um, Nied, isn’t the F-22 still around $200–250 million apiece? (maybe I’m wrong.)

By: George Skinner

George Skinner — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 02:26:26 +0000

The price sounds high until you consider that it’s 1) limited production without economies of scale, 2) loaded with test instrumentation, 3) probably includes a lot of costs associated with technical support & establishing technical support in the Netherlands.