Drift
KC-46A Pegasus
KC-46 · Air Force · Boeing
−14%
$51.7B (2011) → $44.4B (2018)
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Baseline
$51.7B (2011)
Current estimate
$44.4B (2018)
Cost growth
−14%
Units
179 → 179
Quantity change
0%
Unit-cost change
−14%
IOC
2017 (assets available) → 2019+ (delivered late)
Schedule slip
+2 yr
Cost basis
TY
Confidence
medium · reconciled
Government cost FELL ~14% because EMD is fixed-price — Boeing absorbed >$7B in overruns NOT reflected here. The rare MDAP where the contractor, not the taxpayer, ate the growth. (Later FY2023 figures sit in a whs.mil-only MSAR.)
Source: GAO-12-366 (baseline APB, $51.7B TY); GAO-18-353 (confirmed current $44.4B TY / 179 a/c, "stable").
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 →