[thedilg]

The Article tells us that the unit cost of the V-22 is now $68.7 million. I thought I knew a little bit about military costing.

Unit program cost is total cost divided by the units to be procured. $60 billion divided by 458 airframes = $131/copy

Ignore $12 billion sunk in R&D The unit cost becomes (Note the word program is missing) The calculation now is
$48 billion divided by 458 airframes= $105 milliion/copy

Both of these numbers is a long way from the advertised $68.7 price tag. What have I missed?

Godspeed, The Dilg

[Bobsat]

Weren't the numbers based on 900+ projected units?

It would probably really scare the folks back home to know the real numbers, so more smoke and mirrors are likely being used.