Fiscal Year 2001 Funding Request for Selected Weapons

(Dollars in Millions)



FY'00

Total

FY'01

Request

Number

Requested

Program's per

unit Cost

F/A-18E/F Fighter 3,059.8 3,080.6 42 86
F-22 Fighter 2,225.6 3,957.9 10 184
Joint Strike Fighter 489.0 856.7 -- 73
C-17 Transport Aircraft 3,540.0 3,081.0 12 335
E-8C Joint STARS Reconnaissance Aircraft 507.4 427.3 1 557
V-22 Osprey Aircraft 1,207.3 1,843.1 20 79
RAH-66 Comanche Helicopter 463.1 614.0 - 26
AH-64D Apache Longbow Helicopter 826.6 775.0 - 18*
CVN-77 Aircraft Carrier 997.6 4,377.3 1 5,210
DDG-51 Destroyer 3,005.9 3,385.8 3 947
NSSN New Attack Submarine ("Virginia" Class) 1,118.6 2,031.6 1 2,172
LPD-17 Landing Ship 1,517.9 1536.4 2 823
Trident II D-5 Missile 525.5 496.0 12 60
Tomahawk Cruise Missile 142.6 91.4 - 1.4
MILSTAR Communications Satellite 357.2 236.8 - N/A
M1A2 Tank Upgrade 679.3 610.4 80 3.7*
Bradley Fighting Vehicle Upgrade 413.8 390.9 - 1.9*
Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) 426.1 440.3 - 0.21
Crusader Artillery System 266.2 355.3 - 329
Total Ballistic Missile Defense



4,207.9
4,727.0 - --
National Missile Defense (NMD)

1,544.2
1,916.3 - --
Total Theater Missile Defense (TMD)#

3,244.4
2,808.3 - --
THAAD 602.9 549.9 - --
Navy Area 325.4 272.2 - --
Navy Theater Wide 375.7 382.1 - --
Patriot PAC-3 522.9 446.5 - -
MEADS 48.6 63.2 - -
Airborne Laser 304.2 148.6 - -
Space Based Laser 72.8 63.2 - --


NOTES: # Totals do not add up because not all the systems being funded under the TMD program are shown.



* Indicates the per unit cost of the base system, without including costs associated with the current upgrade program.Per Unit costs are based on DoD's Selected Acquisition Report, November 23, 1999.

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