F-35 Price Rising Due to New Upgrades, Inflation, More

F-35 Price Rising due to New Upgrades, Inflation, More

Inflation and rising costs for critical upgrades are swelling the price of the F-35 fighter, according to a newly released acquisition report on the fifth-generation jet. The post F-35 Price Rising due to New Upgrades, Inflation, More appeared first on Air & Space Forces Magazine.

F-35 lifetime price tag dips beneath $2 trillion even as buying costs rise

The Defense Department anticipates it will spend an additional $51 billion to acquire the stealth fighter, though revised estimates have pulled the program’s total cost beneath $2 trillion, according to a recent Pentagon report.

F-35 program cost jumps US$51 billion as fighter prices rise again

After years of declining unit costs, the Pentagon projects higher real prices for all three F-35 variants while Block 4, engine and power upgrades add billions to the program

Pentagon report shows F-35 unit production costs rising across all three variants amid modernization and inflation pressures

The Pentagon has raised the estimated acquisition cost of the F-35 program to $536.2 billion, up $51 billion from the $485.2 billion recorded in its previous 2023 assessment.