Drift

AH-64E Apache Remanufacture

AH-64E · Army · Boeing

+58% $7.5B (2006) → $11.8B (2012)
AH-64E Apache Remanufacture: cost trajectory from $7.5B in 2006 to $11.8B in 2012, +58% growth. Explore AH-64E interactively → Download 1-page brief (PDF)
Baseline
$7.5B (2006)
Current estimate
$11.8B (2012)
Cost growth
+58%
Units
602 → 639
Quantity change
+6%
Unit-cost change
+49%
IOC
— → 2013
Schedule slip
—
Cost basis
BY
Confidence
high · reconciled
Rebuilding D-model Longbows into E-models cost 58% more than the 2006 estimate by 2012 — with only 6% more helicopters — and GAO’s later tables show the gap settling near 80%. Remanufacture is cheaper than new-build; it is not immune to drift.

Source: GAO-13-294SP, AH-64E Apache Remanufacture assessment p.41 — Program Performance table, constant FY2013 $M: first full estimate 08/2006 $7,453.4M / 602 aircraft vs latest 08/2012 $11,789.2M / 639; PAUC +49.0%; cycle 79 → 88 months; IOC 11/2013. Later GAO tables: +81.1% (GAO-15-342SP, FY15$), +78.8% (GAO-19-336SP, FY19$).

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Drift — an independent project by Aous Abdo · Analytica DSS, built from public GAO, CRS and DoD sources. Cost growth has many causes; a larger number is not by itself evidence of mismanagement. How this is built · Explore the data →