The US Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded USD5.6 billion for the low-rate initial production (LRIP) of 74 Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft.
The contract, which was awarded to the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) on 7 July, is for USD5.57 billion and covers 48 F-35A aircraft for the US Air Force (USAF), 18 F-35B aircraft for the US Marine Corps (USMC), and eight F-35C aircraft for the US Navy (USN) and USMC. Work is expected to be completed in December 2020.
This contract modification follows on the back of previously announced Lot 11 awards dating back to late 2015 that total USD3.2 billion. These previous contracts have included jets for the USAF, USMC, and USN, as well as Australia, Israel, Japan, Norway, South Korea, Turkey, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom.
LRIP 11 will encompass approximately 145 F-35A/B/C aircraft, with a unit cost (including engine) of the cheapest F-35A variant slated at being between USD94.6 million (LRIP 10) and USD85 million (LRIP 13).
LRIP 11 is expected to be the last contract ahead of a proposed block buy for the F-35 that was recently announced by Lockheed Martin officials at the Paris Air Show. This block buy, the terms of which the company is still drawing up, would include LRIP 12 to 14 to deliver savings estimated at an extra USD2 billion per year from about 2021.
Lockheed Martin's executive vice-president and general manager for the F-35, Jeff Babione, explained that such a deal would cover between 440 and 460 aircraft, which is about as many as all of the LRIP lots so far contracted. The total cost of this block buy would be in the order of USD35–40 billion (including sustainment and support).
This block buy would be the latest in a string of initiatives, chief of which is the Blueprint for Affordability initiative that was rolled out in 2014.
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우리나라 계약은 LRIP LOT11로 알려졌는데요...
몇일전 해당 LRIP 계약이 미국정부와 록히드 마틴간 체결되었다는 소식입니다
(아마도 문맥으로 봐서는 기존 계약의 대수와 가격이 수정된 계약을 말하는 거 같습니다만...중요한건 그게 아니니..)
일본, 이스라엘, 우리나라 모두 이계약으로 도입하는 기체가 있는데요...
우리나라는 약 10 기정도가 LRIP LOT11 계약된 것으로 알고있습니다
대당가격은 F-35A 엔진포함된 유닛코스트로 85백만(13차 LRIP) ~94백만(10차 LRIP) 달러 사이라고 하는군요
평균적으로 계산해도 우리돈으로 약 1000억에 들여오는 거고 최초 예상했던 대당 1200억에 비해 대당 200억 가량 ...
40대 총비용으로 계산하면 약 8000억 정도 가격인하 요인이 생길 것 같습니다
비슷한 케이스로 F-16 PB 도입 사업때 FMS 로 계약금액이 남게되어 최초계약기체보다 4기 정도를 더들여 온 역사가 있는데요
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