From wikipedia:
“The total program cost projected through 2004 was US$44.75 billion in 1997 dollars (equivalent to US$68 billion in 2021). This includes development, procurement, facilities, construction, and spare parts. The total program cost averaged US$2.13 billion per aircraft.”
hmmmm.... just in time to try to push for big B-21 contracts
““The total program cost projected through 2004 was US$44.75 billion in 1997 dollars (equivalent to US$68 billion in 2021). This includes development, procurement, facilities, construction, and spare parts. The total program cost averaged US$2.13 billion per aircraft.””
Note how the Leftist propaganda works here on military hardware they oppose (at least back the, but now we can use B2 in a nuclear war with Russia, so the Left LOVES them).
The Left folds-in the development cost into the price of each plane, which was at least half of the overall program cost. Wouldn’t be as big a deal if we built 132 of them, as originally planned, but when we build only 21 of them, it makes the per-plane cost look FAR HIGHER than reality.
If Boeing only produced one 747, the per-plane cost of that 747 would FAR EXCEED the B2’s per-plane cost, or any that of any other aircraft.
But everyone, even conservatives, sucks up the $2B number and never question it.
I guess math is ‘hard’ for them.