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The FY 2009 Pentagon Spending Request - Weapons

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by Christopher Hellman [contact information]

by Travis Sharp [contact information]

TABLE 5. FY'09 REQUEST FOR SELECTED WEAPONS SYSTEMS
(Budget Authority in Millions of Dollars)

  FY09 Request Quantity Per Unit Cost Total
Program
Cost
F/A-18E/F Fighter 1,982.5 23 93.9 46,388.8
F-22A Fighter 4,081.5 20 354.9 65,292.7
F-35 Fighter (JSF) 6,728.3 16 122.0 299,824.1
C-17 Transport Aircraft 935.1 —— 328.8 62,462.6
C-130J Cargo Aircraft 361.2 2 98.4 8,071.1
B-2 Bomber 681.8 —— 2,114 44,400
V-22 Osprey Aircraft 2,731.1 36 119.3 54,636.8
E/A-18G Jamming Aircraft 1,780.5 22 102.2 8,689.5
MH-60R “Seahawk” Helicopter 1,256.1 31 46.1 11,701.7
MH-60S “Knighthawk” Helicopter 597.0 18 29.6 7,909.6
Aircraft Carrier Replacement Program (CVN-21) 4,188.1 —— 11,676.2 35,028.7
DDG-1000 (DDx) Surface Combatant 3,232.60 1 3,602.2 36,022.1
Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) 1,291.0 2 969.5 1,938.9*
SSN-774 “Virginia” Attack Submarine 3,591.0 1 3,100.3 93,008.2
LPD-17 “San Antonio” Landing Ship 104.2 —— 1,510.4 13,594.0
LHA Replacement Vessel [LH/LHA®] 2.4 —— 3,280.9 3,280.9
Trident II D-5 Missile 1,138.7 24 69.3 38,901.9
Tactical Tomahawk Cruise Missile 295.3 207 1.3 4,539.4
Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) 115.0 3,816 0.03 5,301.5
Joint Stand-off Weapon (JSOW) 171.6 496 0.45 4,611.9
Joint Air to Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) 253.3 260 1.2 5.796.3
Small Diameter Bomb 277.9 2,612 0.06 1,483.7
Stryker Interim Armored Vehicle (IAV) 1,283 119 4.5 13,130.9
Future Combat System (FCS) 3,557.7 —— N/A 161,930.1
Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) 946.7 3,187 0.25 20,802.0
Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (AAAV) 316.1 —— 26.9 15,972.1
Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter 574.5 28 12.5 6,399.3
HMMWV “Humvee” Vehicles 989.7 5,249 N/A N/A

TABLE NOTES
*”Total Program Cost” for these systems reflects only the cost of Research, Development, Testing and Evaluation (RDT&E).
# “Per Unit Costs” and “Total Program Costs” are based on DoD’s Selected Acquistion Report, November 19, 2007, with the exception of the B-2 Bomber, which is no longer listed. ‚“Per Unit Costs‚” are derived by dividing total program costs by the number of systems purchased, and include both procurement and research & development funding.

SOURCES: DOD FY2009 Budget Request Summary Justification, Major Weapons Systems, February 2008.

Christopher Hellman 202-546-0795 chellman@armscontrolcenter.org

Christopher Hellman is the Military Policy Fellow at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation where his work focuses on national security spending, military planning and policy, trends in the defense industry, global military spending, and homeland security. Hellman is a frequent media commentator on these issues. Previously, Hellman worked for the Center for Defense Information, Physicians for Social Responsibility, and spent ten years as a congressional staffer working on national security and foreign policy issues.

Travis Sharp 202-546-0795 x123 tsharp@armscontrolcenter.org

Travis Sharp is the Military Policy Analyst at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation where he performs policy work on national security spending, military policy, and Iraq. He has published letters and articles in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Foreign Policy in Focus, United Press International, and Peace Review.