What other way is there?That number is what you get when you ask a journo, lol. They tend to take the entire program costs over the life cycle and divide by the number acquired, but really the airframes are the cheapest part...
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What other way is there?That number is what you get when you ask a journo, lol. They tend to take the entire program costs over the life cycle and divide by the number acquired, but really the airframes are the cheapest part...
Well that does not accurately reflect the loss. The program cost includes the spares, ground support equipment, training, maintenance, hangar construction at the bases, etc.What other way is there?
Absolutely correct thanks....That number is what you get when you ask a journo, lol. They tend to take the entire program costs over the life cycle and divide by the number acquired, but really the airframes are the cheapest part...
One "unit" is 4 ships with sensors, ground control station, comms and datalinks. Unit cost $56.5 Mil as per USAF.
MQ-9 Reaper
The MQ-9 Reaper is employed primarily as an intelligence-collection asset and secondarily against dynamic execution targets.www.af.mil
If you look at the appropriations for just the UCAV and nothing else, it's about $11 Million per copy.
From 2016:
"General Atomics - Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, has been awarded a $399,979,895 firm-fixed-price contract for MQ-9 Reaper production. Contractor will produce 36 MQ-9 Reaper aircraft in the fiscal 2016 production configuration. Work will be performed at Poway, California, and is expected to be complete by Aug. 31, 2020. This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition. Fiscal 2016 aircraft procurement funds in the amount of $399,979,895 are being obligated at the time of award. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8620-15-G-4040 0001)."
Contracts for May 16, 2017
CONTRACTS AIR FORCE General Atomics - Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, has been awarded a $399,979,895 firm-fixed-price contract for MQ-9 Reaper production. Contractor will produce 36www.defense.gov
So you believe that when you buy a new car, you don't pay for the research, development, engineers, wind tunnel tests, the factories...Well that does not accurately reflect the loss. The program cost includes the spares, ground support equipment, training, maintenance, hangar construction at the bases, etc.
None of that is lost when the drone is lost. The cost of just the drone is only about $11 Million new, plus any additional sensors or ISR pods it was carrying. And it had hours on it, and they are being phased out anyway, and this is being blown all out of proportion in the media...
Yes. The current situation is quite like situation back in 1950. Or, may be, 19511950?
If I crash that car, I don't have to build new factories and wind tunnels to replace it. I'm only out the cost of the car.So you believe that when you buy a new car, you don't pay for the research, development, engineers, wind tunnel tests, the factories...
You are making no sense. When you replace the car...with another car, someone paid for all those extraneous items, just no way around it.If I crash that car, I don't have to build new factories and wind tunnels to replace it. I'm only out the cost of the car.
If I crash the car after I put 100K miles on it, my insurance company is not going to pay for a new car- I will get the fair market value of my used car.
The replacement cost of the drone is not anywhere near $30 Mil. A brand new one is only $11 Mil...
You know, it's not a good analogy anyway. When I bought the car I didn't get any interest in the factory- I just bought the car. The factory is owned by the bondholders. I paid the "COGS+Profit", it does not include capitalization costs.You are making no sense. When you replace the car...with another car, someone paid for all those extraneous items, just no way around it.
ONLY $11,000,000.
How desperate are you?
Russian fighter jets crash US Reaper drone after dumping fuel on it, hitting propeller over Black Sea
A U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone had to be downed in the Black Sea on Tuesday after being harassed by two Russian fighter jets.americanmilitarynews.com
Play stupid games - win stupid prizes. Biden decided to play escalation, so there will be the escalation.
A Russian escalation of the war?
Just a Cold War. Back in 1950-70s they had splashed a number of US recon planes in neutral waters of Baltic, Black Sea, Japan sea, etc... Dozens of good guys were killed.
Because Ukraine is much more important for Russia than both Cuba and Korea were for both US and SU.Maybe. There seems to be little hype on this one.
However Putin seems to be doing something deliberately that could, at any time, cause a trigger.
And why is he doing it?
Because Ukraine is much more important for Russia than both Cuba and Korea were for both US and SU.