Drift

Minuteman III PRP

MM III PRP · Air Force · Northrop Grumman

+5% $2.1B (1998) → $2.2B (2009)
Minuteman III PRP: cost trajectory from $2.1B in 1998 to $2.2B in 2009, +5% growth. Explore MM III PRP interactively → Download 1-page brief (PDF)
Baseline
$2.1B (1998)
Current estimate
$2.2B (2009)
Cost growth
+5%
Units
607 → 601
Quantity change
−1%
Unit-cost change
+6%
IOC
2002 → 2002
Schedule slip
0 yr
Cost basis
BY
Confidence
high · reconciled
+5% (BY1994) — a clean, disciplined ICBM solid-rocket-motor life-extension. One of several discrete Minuteman III mod MDAPs; PRP is the self-contained one.

Source: Minuteman III PRP Dec 2009 SAR: $2.09B → $2.19B, ~600 motor sets, BY1994$.

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