GAO sees F-22 cost goals as 'optimistic'
The Air Force says the first lot of full-rate production F-22s is expected to cost 18% of the first lot of low-rate production aircraft. The first FRP F/A-18s, by comparison, cost 31% of what the Navy paid for the first LRIP aircraft, according to the GAO. The average unit cost of the 70 LRIP F-22s...
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