AIM-120 AMRAAM

Name: AIM-120 AMRAAM acquisition cost growth
Creator: Aous Abdo
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AMRAAM · Air Force · Raytheon (RTX)

+32% $12.3B (1996) → $16.3B (2018)

AIM-120 AMRAAM: cost trajectory from $12.3B in 1996 to $16.3B in 2018, +32% growth.

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Baseline

$12.3B (1996)

Current estimate

$16.3B (2018)

Cost growth

+32%

Units

13038 → 17312

Quantity change

+33%

Unit-cost change

IOC

1991 → 1991

Schedule slip

0 yr

Cost basis

Confidence

high · reconciled

+32% (BY1992) — tracks quantity almost exactly (13,038 → 17,312 missiles); unit cost essentially flat. Pure buy-more growth. Baseline = the Sep 1996 APB.

Source: AIM-120 AMRAAM Dec 2018 SAR (esd.whs.mil), Unit Cost Report & Quantity tables (BY1992).

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