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      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-Martin, 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.


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