Drift

B61-12 Life Extension

B61-12 · Air Force · NNSA / Boeing (tail kit)

+90% $4.0B (2011) → $7.6B (2016)
B61-12 Life Extension: cost trajectory from $4.0B in 2011 to $7.6B in 2016, +90% growth. Explore B61-12 interactively → Download 1-page brief (PDF)
Baseline
$4.0B (2011)
Current estimate
$7.6B (2016)
Cost growth
+90%
Units
—
Quantity change
—
Unit-cost change
—
IOC
2017 (planned) → 2022
Schedule slip
+5 yr
Cost basis
mixed
Confidence
medium · reconciled
An NNSA weapon life-extension estimate, NOT a DoD acquisition SAR — basis is mixed (ROM baseline vs formal estimate). Independent CAPE put it near $10B (then-year). Quantity classified.

Source: GAO-18-456 (May 2018) — confirms NNSA ~$7.6B (Oct 2016) formal estimate (independent CAPE ~$10B TY); ~$4B (2011) ROM from earlier NNSA/FAS estimates.

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