(U.S. Missile Defense Agency)
Defense News: Next-gen intercontinental ballistic missile interceptor estimated cost? Nearly $18B
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon’s Next-Generation Interceptor — a weapon the department is competitively developing to replace the current ground-based interceptors within the United States — will cost nearly $18 billion across the life of the program.
An independent cost estimate from the Defense Department’s Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (CAPE) office — first reported by Bloomberg and since obtained by Defense News — has determined the total cost to develop the NGI will come to roughly $13 billion while procurement as well as operation and sustainment will come to a little over $2 billion each.
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Update #1: DoD Estimates It’s New Missile Defense Program To Cost $17.7B (Breaking Defense) Update #2: U.S. Missile Defense Warhead Program to Cost Almost $18 Billion (Bloomberg)
WNU Editor: The expectation is that this anti-missile program will be deployed by 2027-2028 with 21 interceptors in addition to 10 development test units.
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