New C-17 proposal takes unit costs to $170 million range

The Defense Acquisition Board agreed last week to back a sweetened, accelerated C-17 multi-year procurement plan that would cut another 5% off discounts McDonnell Douglas put on the table over the summer (DAILY, Aug. 4, 1995) by boosting the peak annual production rate to 15. Industry executives and...

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