Original quote by Lonewolf_50:
The article called it the most expensive, at $103 million per copy.
Lockheed says that each F-35A jet, also referred to as the Conventional Takeoff and Landing ( CTOL ), costs $103 million (not including engine) and is the most requested of the three aircrafts.
Neat how they have separated out the engine from the aircraft when it comes to cost divulgence. Add in the engine and total package cost is closer to $120 million. Hopefully the automobile folks won't pickup on this pricing technique.
BTW, Bennett Croswell, President of Pratt's Military operation, told the Flightglobal folks "The company stands by a commercially-derived programme that it has adapted for the F135."
Don't know what is meant by "commercially-derived" but hopefully that isn't what they do on their commercial product offerings.
