Low-Rate Initial Production of the EA-6B Program.

Abstract

The Navy EA-6B aircraft performs the electronic warfare mission of suppression and degradation of enemy electronic defense systems by use of tactical jamming. The last new production EA-6B aircraft was delivered in 1989. The total program office cost estimate for the five contracts involved in developing a remanufactured upgrade of the aircraft was $761 million. The estimated total production cost for performing the remanufacture upgrade on 102 EA-6B aircraft is $6.8 billion.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 18, 1992
Accession Number
ADA377218

Entities

Organizations

  • Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Aerial Warfare
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Computer Programs
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Defense Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Manufacturing
  • Military Acquisition
  • Military Standards
  • Production
  • Reliability
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment

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Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics