Alternative Procurement Programs for the B-2 Bomber: Effects on Capability ad Costs

Abstract

This memorandum analyzes the costs and the effects of the Administration's program to buy 132 B-2 bombers as well as alternatives that buy 66 planes, 33 planes, or no planes at all. The memorandum also considers various rates of annual procurement. CBO estimates that the Administration's program to buy 132 B-2 bombers will cost a total of about $75 billion in 1991 prices. In the year of maximum funding, annual costs for the B-2 program would be about $9 billion. Total costs could rise if various factors that the Administration expects will hold down costs do not work out as planned.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA474760

Entities

People

  • Bonita J. Dombey
  • Janice M. Johnson
  • William P. Myers

Organizations

  • Congressional Budget Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Air Force
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Cost Analysis
  • Cost Reductions
  • Costs
  • Cruise Missiles
  • Department Of Defense
  • Information Operations
  • Models
  • Procurement
  • Radar
  • Stealth Technology
  • Tanker Aircraft
  • United States
  • Ussr

Readers

  • Public Financial Management and Budgeting
  • Systems Analysis and Design