Drift

KC-130J Hercules

KC-130J · Navy · Lockheed Martin

−1% $9.2B (2011) → $9.1B (2012)
KC-130J Hercules: cost trajectory from $9.2B in 2011 to $9.1B in 2012, −1% growth. Explore KC-130J interactively → Download 1-page brief (PDF)
Baseline
$9.2B (2011)
Current estimate
$9.1B (2012)
Cost growth
−1%
Units
104 → 104
Quantity change
0%
Unit-cost change
−1%
IOC
2005 → 2005
Schedule slip
0 yr
Cost basis
BY
Confidence
high · reconciled
Essentially on-cost: −1% with quantity unchanged (104) — a disciplined program. (The 2011 baseline is only ~2 years before the 2012 SAR, so a short growth window.)

Source: KC-130J Dec 2012 SAR (extracted): $9.23B → $9.12B, 104 aircraft unchanged, BY2010$.

Drift — an independent project by Aous Abdo, built from public GAO, CRS and DoD sources. Cost growth has many causes; a larger number is not by itself evidence of mismanagement. How this is built · Explore the data →