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Old 14th August 2006 | 13:05
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Ian Corrigible
 
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World's most expensive rotorcraft...?

The top three unit program costs for rotary- and fixed-wing apps, as detailed in the DoD's latest Selected Acquisition Reports to Congress, were as follows:

1. F-22 Raptor: $338M
2. C-17 Globemaster III: $331M
3. VH-71 (EH101): $287M

Now I appreciate that the POTUS requires specialist DAS, TEMPEST compliant secure comms and various others bells & whistles, but $287M ? Are they using that $7,600 coffee maker from the C-5 again...?

Makes the Osprey (#8 in the list at $110M apeice, just behind the F-35) look like a bargain.

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