July 19, 201114 yr From Flight Global's DEW Line blog [excerpt] How bad were the 'Naughts' (as in '00 decade) for the US government's weapons systems? The Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments attempts to answer this question with a table showing the major programmes canceled since 2001 (see page 36). In total, the Department of Defense invested $46 billion on 12 canceled programmes, CSBA says. Future Combat Systems - $18.1 billion sunk Comanche - $7.9 billion sunk NPOESS - $5.8 billion sunk VH-71 -$3.7 billion sunk Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle - $3.3 billion sunk Transformational satellite - $3.2 billion sunk Crusader - $2.2 billion sunk Advanced SEAL delivery system - $600 million sunk Armed reconnaissance helicopter - $500 million sunk Aerial common sensor - $400 million sunk CG(X) next generation cruiser - $200 million sunk CSAR-X - $200 million sunk
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