The KC-46 is the latest aerial refueling tanker for the US (179) and a small number was sold to India (6), Indonesia (in discussions) and Japan (4 to 6).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_KC-46_Pegasus
On 24 February 2011, the USAF announced the selection of Boeing's KC-767 tanker bid. The aircraft (A/C) was designated KC-46A. Boeing was also awarded a development contract for the tanker. The contract calls for Boeing to complete and deliver 18 initial operational KC-46 tankers by 2017. The Air Force is seeking to receive a total of 179 new tankers.
In March 2015, the program cost for development and procurement of 179 tankers was projected to total US$43.16 billion.
The cost per copy for the A/C sold to Japan was $173M each.
The link
https://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/release/3/144693/usaf-orders-%2478m-trainer-for-kc_46.html
was a 78M contract for the development of a ground based aircrew training system for the KC-46. Those are one off systems hosted at facilities that the A/C are based at. The actual cost per copy after development is much less and probably a reasonably estimate is that 5 copies at 10-20M each are here in the states and one copy delivered as part of the FMS KC-46 sale to India, Indonesia, and Japan
Bottom line, Afghan was never allowed to buy KC-46 through FMS (Foreign Military Sales) and most assuredly none were left behind (as was other deliberate leave behinds). The 16k were probably radios like SINCGARS or EPLRS, which
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SINCGARShttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enhanced_Position_Location_Reporting_System
with most (if not all) being SINCGARS variants (hopefully not with the US crypto installed). If so 10k per copy is a generous allocation for each unit so that line item comes down from 1.2T to 160M
Hope that help!
It sure does -- I was hoping for help from seasoned autists! Will modify the graphic.
Not that it would affect the bottom line much, but the "weapons" category seems and surely is low. There's no way of knowing what all is included, but I'm sure there are big guns and rocket launchers, among a host of other possibilities. The M-16 unit cost seems VERY low for a federally-procured item, as I just picked up and AR-15 for about he same price, used.
It's pretty much a dead-horse issue now, and again this was based on some guesses and assumptions, but i thought it good to check the reports to see if they were close. Sounds like they are.
The KC-46 is the latest aerial refueling tanker for the US (179) and a small number was sold to India (6), Indonesia (in discussions) and Japan (4 to 6). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_KC-46_Pegasus On 24 February 2011, the USAF announced the selection of Boeing's KC-767 tanker bid. The aircraft (A/C) was designated KC-46A. Boeing was also awarded a development contract for the tanker. The contract calls for Boeing to complete and deliver 18 initial operational KC-46 tankers by 2017. The Air Force is seeking to receive a total of 179 new tankers. In March 2015, the program cost for development and procurement of 179 tankers was projected to total US$43.16 billion. The cost per copy for the A/C sold to Japan was $173M each.
The link https://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/release/3/144693/usaf-orders-%2478m-trainer-for-kc_46.html was a 78M contract for the development of a ground based aircrew training system for the KC-46. Those are one off systems hosted at facilities that the A/C are based at. The actual cost per copy after development is much less and probably a reasonably estimate is that 5 copies at 10-20M each are here in the states and one copy delivered as part of the FMS KC-46 sale to India, Indonesia, and Japan
Bottom line, Afghan was never allowed to buy KC-46 through FMS (Foreign Military Sales) and most assuredly none were left behind (as was other deliberate leave behinds). The 16k were probably radios like SINCGARS or EPLRS, which https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SINCGARS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enhanced_Position_Location_Reporting_System with most (if not all) being SINCGARS variants (hopefully not with the US crypto installed). If so 10k per copy is a generous allocation for each unit so that line item comes down from 1.2T to 160M Hope that help!
It sure does -- I was hoping for help from seasoned autists! Will modify the graphic.
Not that it would affect the bottom line much, but the "weapons" category seems and surely is low. There's no way of knowing what all is included, but I'm sure there are big guns and rocket launchers, among a host of other possibilities. The M-16 unit cost seems VERY low for a federally-procured item, as I just picked up and AR-15 for about he same price, used.
It's pretty much a dead-horse issue now, and again this was based on some guesses and assumptions, but i thought it good to check the reports to see if they were close. Sounds like they are.