Drift

Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle

EFV · Navy · General Dynamics Land Systems · cancelled

+60% $9.0B (2000) → $14.4B (2011)
Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle: cost trajectory from $9.0B in 2000 to $14.4B in 2011, +60% growth. Explore EFV interactively → Download 1-page brief (PDF)
Baseline
$9.0B (2000)
Current estimate
$14.4B (2011)
Cost growth
+60%
Units
1013 → 574
Quantity change
−43%
Unit-cost change
+182%
IOC
2010s (planned) → Cancelled 2011
Schedule slip
—
Cost basis
BY
Confidence
high · reconciled
The cleanest cancelled case: +60% while quantity was cut 1,013 → 574, so per-vehicle cost nearly tripled ($8.8M → $24.3M). Gates cancelled it Jan 2011; ~$3.3B sunk, zero fielded.

Documented events

Source: GAO-10-758R (2010): $9,018.7M/1,013 (2000) → $14,429.4M/574 (2011), constant FY2011$.

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