So how many they gonna make? A few hundred?
Pridgen said the expected unit cost of a CH-53K when built in full-rate production is $55 million to $65 million.
And then
Earlier this month, Rep. Niki Tsongas, D-Mass., asserted that the price for each CH-53K had ballooned from $87.1 million to $122 million per helicopter
OK, that's about 104 million per, +/- 17 million.
I would have thought that price variability would be something less than 15%, given how many years of Acquisition Reform have been in progress. Thanks, VP Al Gore, for your brilliant transformation of government back in the 90's. Wait ... guess not.
From 2007 to 2013 she represented Massachusetts's 5th congressional district, the district her husband Paul Tsongas served prior to being elected to the United States Senate
Not to mention that the political class is once again grandstanding.
I'd like a more credible source. Anybody got one?