Drift

C-5 RERP (C-5M Super Galaxy)

C-5M · Air Force · Lockheed Martin · truncated

−32% $10.7B (2001) → $7.3B (2010)
C-5 RERP (C-5M Super Galaxy): cost trajectory from $10.7B in 2001 to $7.3B in 2010, −32% growth. Explore C-5M interactively → Download 1-page brief (PDF)
Baseline
$10.7B (2001)
Current estimate
$7.3B (2010)
Cost growth
−32%
Units
126 → 52
Quantity change
−59%
Unit-cost change
+66%
IOC
— → —
Schedule slip
—
Cost basis
BY
Confidence
high · reconciled
The rare falling total — but only because the Air Force, after a 2007 critical breach, re-engined 52 Galaxys instead of 126. Per-aircraft cost rose 66%; the bottom line fell 32% by cutting six of every ten aircraft from the plan.

Documented events

Source: GAO-11-233SP, C-5 RERP assessment pp.49-50 — Program Performance table, constant FY2011 $M: first full estimate 11/2001 $10,743.7M / 126 aircraft vs latest 03/2010 $7,348.8M / 52; PAUC +65.7%; cycle 100 → 135 months. GAO-08-467SP pp.59-60: critical Nunn-McCurdy breach; pre-restructure peak $15,283.9M / 111 (FY2008$, 09/2007).

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