Drift

AEHF Protected SATCOM

AEHF · Space Force · Lockheed Martin

+35% $8.5B (2005) → $11.5B (2015)
AEHF Protected SATCOM: cost trajectory from $8.5B in 2005 to $11.5B in 2015, +35% growth. Explore AEHF interactively → Download 1-page brief (PDF)
Baseline
$8.5B (2005)
Current estimate
$11.5B (2015)
Cost growth
+35%
Units
3 → 4
Quantity change
+33%
Unit-cost change
+1%
IOC
2010 (planned) → 2015
Schedule slip
+5 yr
Cost basis
BY
Confidence
high · reconciled
+35% real (BY2002) — a Nunn-McCurdy-adjacent early-growth case, part quantity (3 → 4 satellites in this buy; the program later fielded 6). Do not splice the earlier ~$6.3B development estimate onto this baseline.

Source: AEHF Dec 2015 SAR (DTIC AD1018964), Cost Summary & SAR Baseline History (BY2002).

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