Tactical Tomahawk (Block IV)

Name: Tactical Tomahawk (Block IV) acquisition cost growth
Creator: Aous Abdo
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Tomahawk · Navy · Raytheon (RTX)

+48% $3.0B (2000) → $4.4B (2013)

Tactical Tomahawk (Block IV): cost trajectory from $3.0B in 2000 to $4.4B in 2013, +48% growth.

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Baseline

$3.0B (2000)

Current estimate

$4.4B (2013)

Cost growth

+48%

Units

2790 → 3800

Quantity change

+36%

Unit-cost change

+8%

IOC

2004 → 2004

Schedule slip

0 yr

Cost basis

Confidence

high · reconciled

+48% (BY1999) — but almost entirely QUANTITY: the buy grew 2,790 → 3,800 missiles while per-missile cost stayed flat (PAUC ~$1.37M). Buy-more growth, not an overrun.

Source: TACTOM Dec 2013 SAR (DTIC ADA614910): $2.98B/2,790 → $4.40B/3,800, BY1999$.

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