Drift

AN/TPS-80 G/ATOR

G/ATOR · Navy · Northrop Grumman

+77% $1.6B (2005) → $2.8B (2015)
AN/TPS-80 G/ATOR: cost trajectory from $1.6B in 2005 to $2.8B in 2015, +77% growth. Explore G/ATOR interactively → Download 1-page brief (PDF)
Baseline
$1.6B (2005)
Current estimate
$2.8B (2015)
Cost growth
+77%
Units
64 → 45
Quantity change
−30%
Unit-cost change
+152%
IOC
planned 66-month cycle → 2018 (Block 1)
Schedule slip
—
Cost basis
BY
Confidence
high · reconciled
The Marines’ expeditionary radar cut its buy 28% and still grew 77% — development nearly tripled and cost per radar rose 152% — while the schedule ran 2.3× the plan. The GaAs→GaN module switch from 2016 bought capability, not savings.

Source: GAO-17-333SP, G/ATOR profile p.99 — constant FY2017 $M: first full estimate 08/2005 $1,590.1M / 64 radars vs 12/2015 $2,818.4M / 45; unit cost +152.1%; cycle 66 → 155 months; Blocks 1+2 at both ends. GAO-19-336SP p.107 corroborates (development +194.4%, FY2019$). USMC program, Navy-led.

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