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NSIAD-93-253R 1 (1993-07-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobackjh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 National Security and International Affairs Division B-254200 July 23, 1993 The Honorable John F. Kerry United States Senate 149645 Dear Senator Kerry: In February 1993, you asked us to identify the net costs associated with procurement, support, and operation and maintenance of the last five B-2 bombers. Specifically, we determined -- the amount of funds that will have to be obligated to acquire and make initially operational the last five B-2s; -- the actual dollar amount of all termination costs the government will be required to pay to contractors and other costs the government will be required to pay if it decided not to acquire the additional five B-2s; -- the amount of funding required to provide ground and support facilities solely for these five bombers which will not be acquired or constructed if the five B-2s are not acquired; and, -- the best estimate of the annual marginal costs for operation and maintenance of the five B-2s if they are acquired and any other direct costs exclusively attributable to those five B-2s. BACKGROUND Through fiscal year 1993, the Congress authorized the Air Force to develop and procure 20 operational B-2 bombers at an estimated cost of $45.3 billion, including military construction. The Air Force has awarded contracts to the Northrop Corporation to deliver 15 B-2s--5 to be reworked and refurbished from the test program and 10 production aircraft. The Congress, for fiscal years 1990 and 1991, approved the beginning of work on additional aircraft, authorizing and appropriating advance procurement funding. The Congress authorized the acquisition of the 16th aircraft for fiscal year 1992 and the 17th through 20th aircraft GAO/NSIAD-93-253R B-2 Costs