Drift
SM-6 Standard Missile
SM-6 · Navy · Raytheon (RTX)
+49%
$4.9B (2004) → $7.2B (2015)
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Baseline
$4.9B (2004)
Current estimate
$7.2B (2015)
Cost growth
+49%
Units
1200 → 1800
Quantity change
+50%
Unit-cost change
−1%
IOC
2013 → 2013
Schedule slip
0 yr
Cost basis
BY
Confidence
high · reconciled
+49% (BY2004), driven by a 50% quantity increase (1,200 → 1,800) at flat unit cost. Figures shown are the Dec 2015 SAR; the Dec 2022 SAR confirms continued growth to ~$12.0B / 2,356 missiles (then-year — a different basis, so not plotted here).
Source: SM-6 Dec 2015 SAR (DTIC AD1019541), Unit Cost Report p.22 (BY2004): $4,866.3M / 1,200 → $7,236.4M / 1,800. Reconciled directly to the primary SAR PDF.
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 →