[Jeff Head]

It's a VERY, VERT impressive and high tech plane. Orders of magnitude better than anything else out there, or that will be out there in the near future.

But, it was developed originally with an ROI for 600-700 planes...which have now been cut back to 183. If the US had ordered as many as were originally slated...the cost would be much lower.

[neutronsgalore]

But, it was developed originally with an ROI for 600-700 planes...which have now been cut back to 183. If the US had ordered as many as were originally slated...the cost would be much lower.

Yep, the fewer you make the more R&D and production set-up costs have to be applied to each aircraft.