Drift

All 42 programs

Every Major Defense Acquisition Program in Drift, ranked by cost growth against its original baseline. Each figure is reconciled to a public GAO, CRS or DoD source.

• WGS Wideband Global SATCOM+265%
• SBIRS SBIRS High+263%
• JASSM JASSM / JASSM-ER+219%
• NPOESS NPOESS Weather Satellites+115%
• GMLRS GMLRS Guided Rocket+111%
• F-35 F-35 Lightning II+108%
• VH-71 VH-71 Kestrel+100%
• B61-12 B61-12 Life Extension+90%
• CH-53K CH-53K King Stallion+81%
• Sentinel Sentinel ICBM (LGM-35A)+81%
• OCX GPS III Ground Control (OCX)+76%
• FCS Future Combat Systems+76%
• LPD-17 LPD-17 San Antonio+69%
• EFV Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle+60%
• LCS Littoral Combat Ship+52%
• SM-6 SM-6 Standard Missile+49%
• Tomahawk Tactical Tomahawk (Block IV)+48%
• PAC-3 PAC-3 Interceptor+46%
• E-2D E-2D Advanced Hawkeye+41%
• AEHF AEHF Protected SATCOM+35%
• AMRAAM AIM-120 AMRAAM+32%
• CVN-78 Gerald R. Ford-class Carrier+27%
• Stryker Stryker Family+23%
• JAGM JAGM+21%
• IBCS Army IAMD (IBCS)+19%
• FFG-62 Constellation-class FFG+10%
• Columbia Columbia-class SSBN+9%
• Trident II Trident II D5 / D5LE+8%
• MM III PRP Minuteman III PRP+5%
• M109A7 M109A7 Paladin (PIM)+3%
• B-52 CERP B-52 CERP (re-engine)+2%
• MUOS MUOS Narrowband SATCOM+1%
• KC-130J KC-130J Hercules−1%
• PrSM Precision Strike Missile−2%
• CH-47F CH-47F Block II Chinook−10%
• KC-46 KC-46A Pegasus−14%
• JLTV Joint Light Tactical Vehicle−19%
• F-22 F-22 Raptor−22%
• F/A-18E/F F/A-18E/F Super Hornet−31%
• MQ-4C MQ-4C Triton−31%
• Comanche RAH-66 Comanche−32%
• DDG-1000 DDG-1000 Zumwalt−39%

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 →