Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: Progress Toward Meeting High Altitude Endurance Aircraft Price Goals

United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office National Security and International Affairs Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1998-12-15 monographic deposited born digital 13 p. GA 1.13:NSIAD-99-29 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-99-29 P0b002ee180380789 f:ns99029 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-99-29 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-99-29 NSIAD-99-29 Military aircraft Future budget projections Department of Defense contractors Defense cost control Defense procurement Defense budgets Defense capabilities DOD High Altitude Endurance Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Program DarkStar Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Global Hawk Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Letter Report NSIAD Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: Progress Toward Meeting High Altitude Endurance Aircraft Price Goals GAO reviewed the high altitude endurance unmanned aerial vehicle program and found that the Defense Department (DOD) does not expect to produce the Darkstar or Global Hawk aircraft within its goal of $10 million per plane. DOD's price projections are now $13.7 million for Darkstar and $14.8 million for Global Hawk. In addition, these projections may understate the actual amount by which the vehicles' unit price will exceed the $10 million threshold because DOD officials, in their agreements with contractors, used a definition of unit flyaway price that excludes several cost categories that are traditionally included in determining unit flyaway cost. Including these costs will increase the average unit price of each plane. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-99-29/html/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-99-29.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-99-29/pdf/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-99-29.pdf GAO/NSIAD-99-29 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-NSIAD-99-29 Letter Report GAO/NSIAD-99-29; Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: Progress Toward Meeting High Altitude Endurance Aircraft Price Goals; Military aircraft Future budget projections Department of Defense contractors Defense cost control Defense procurement Defense budgets Defense capabilities DOD High Altitude Endurance Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Program DarkStar Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Global Hawk Unmanned Aerial Vehicle United States Public Law 160 (103rd Congress) Public Law 103-160