Originally Posted by Not_a_boffin
...Typhoon (£13Bn or more depending on what you read) - huge cost escalation due initially to slippage caused by our Boxhead friends, but then subsequent cost profiling...
More definitive figures for Typhoon costs available
here:
Originally Posted by House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts 15 Apr 2011
The MoD originally planned to buy 232 aircraft. However, in light of changed operational requirements and significant funding constraints arising from the pressures of the defence budget, it is now ordering 160 aircraft and will retire the 53 oldest aircraft by 2019, leaving a long-term fleet of 107 aircraft. Overall, it is costing the Department £20.2 billion, £3.5 billion more than it first expected, to buy a third fewer aircraft. This is equivalent to the purchase cost of each aircraft rising by 75%, from £72 million to £126 million...
Support costs are budgeted at £13.1 billion, but could be as high as £16.6 billion across the life of the aircraft. The Department has identified potential savings of £3.5 billion to keep support costs within budget...
Typhoon has grown hideously expensive and is limited to flying from land bases - who's enjoying an ego trip here? It therefore grates whenever I hear moans about damage
"...CVF is inflicting on the wider UK defence community".