tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5415838695962615627.post8543513219017541595..comments2023-10-31T04:58:26.353-05:00Comments on blogadelphia: Monday's Missivesel chupacabrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16561225364468732743noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5415838695962615627.post-61466160154986106332014-08-25T22:16:27.429-05:002014-08-25T22:16:27.429-05:004 billion eyes traumatized by a pop dork? Seems t...4 billion eyes traumatized by a pop dork? Seems to be the state of the 'culture' today. I'm thinking those four horsemen on the horizon might not be the Cartwrights...<br /><br />Back to the airplanes, Jefferson - the initial projected unit cost per JSF was supposed to be comfortably south of $100M, but the 2012 deliveries were running a tad above that, with current/near future deliveries about $150M (or about the cost of the F-22) across the variants, and longer term deliveries now projected at $200M per copy.<br /><br />an Donalbanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06418506325893352676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5415838695962615627.post-28976283735951234702014-08-25T15:59:51.364-05:002014-08-25T15:59:51.364-05:00F/A-18 cost was about $70 million a copy. B2s ran...F/A-18 cost was about $70 million a copy. B2s ran about 10x that in unit cost, but a tad over $2B each when all R&D/program costs factored in. Stratospheric costs killed the F-22, and I predict some parallels with the JSF program.<br /><br />- El Donaldo<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com