United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2001-08-02 monographic deposited born digital 9 p. GA 1.13:GAO-01-636T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-636T P0b002ee18039b152 f:d01636t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-636T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-636T GAO-01-636T Air Force procurement Defense budgets Fighter aircraft Future budget projections Military cost control F-22 Aircraft F-22 Raptor Aircraft Testimony A01487 The Air Force started developing the F-22 aircraft in 1991, and plans to complete development in September 2003. The Air Force plans to procure 333 production aircraft at a cost currently limited to $37.6 billion by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998. The act does not specify the total number of aircraft to be procured. This testimony discusses (1) potential cost reduction plans, (2) production cost estimates by the Air Force and the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and (3) the Department of Defense's (DOD) actions to implement recommendations included in GAO's August 2000 report (NSIAD-00-178). GAO found that (1) the F-22 contractors' estimated amount of cost reduction plans total about $26.5 billion, (2) both the Air Force and the Office of the Secretary of Defense cost estimators projected in late 2000 that F-22 production costs would still exceed the $37.6 billion congressional cost limitation if the Air Force were to procure 333 F-22s, and (3) DOD plans to reconcile the number of F-22s needed with the amount of the congressional cost limitation on F-22 production as part of the next Quadrennial Defense Review. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-636T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-636T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-636T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-636T.pdf GAO-01-636T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-636T Testimony GAO-01-636T; Tactical Aircraft: Impact of F-22 Production Cost Reduction Plans on Cost Estimates; Air Force procurement Defense budgets Fighter aircraft Future budget projections Military cost control F-22 Aircraft F-22 Raptor Aircraft Public Law 105-85