Defense Acquisitions F/A-18E/F Aircraft Does Not Meet All Criteria for Multiyear Procurement

Abstract

The F/A-18E/F program began in May 1992 when the aircraft was approved as a major modification to existing F/A-18C/D aircraft. The F/A-18E/F was intended to provide improvements in range, the number of weapons the aircraft could carry, the amount of unused weapons and fuel the aircraft could return to the carrier with, survivability over existing F/A-18 aircraft, and space for future avionics systems. According to the most current Selected Acquisition Report dated December 31, 1999, the total cost of the F/A-18E/F program will be about $47 billion in then-year dollars to procure 548 aircraft.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA377710

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Aerial Warfare
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Combat Operations
  • Congress
  • Contracts
  • Cost Analysis
  • Cost Estimates
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electronic Components
  • Military Acquisition
  • National Security
  • Procurement
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Business

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Public Financial Management and Budgeting
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space