Writing in defense-aerospace.com, Giovanni de Briganti reports that the average price of the 30 F-35s of LRIP 5 (low rate intial production lot 5) has now passed $200million each.
He adds that it is
inevitable that LRIP 5 costs will increase further, and by a substantial margin
There were originally 42 aircraft in LRIP 5, but there are now 30:
-- 21 Conventional Take Off and Landing (CTOL) aircraft for the USAF [F-35A];
-- 6 Carrier Variant (CV) aircraft for the USN [F-35C], and
-- 3 Short Take Off and Vertical Landing (STOVL) aircraft for the US Marine Corps [F-35B]. The cost breaks down like this:
If the average cost is $203.4 million per aircraft, it in fact varies substantially according to the version:
-- F-35A: $172 million per aircraft;
-- F-35B: $291.7 million per aircraft;
-- F-35C: $235.8 million per aircraft.
He does add that production aircraft are unlikely to cost anywhere near this much, but of course full production is still some years away.
You can see all the gory detail at
ANALYSIS: F-35 LRIP 5 Contracts: Unit Cost Tops $200M for First Time
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Edited to add:
I've just checked the maths, and I think he has mixed up the prices of the B and C versions - and the true average (if the individual prices are right) is just less than $200million, rather than just more. I have no means of checking his supporting data.