The US Air Force Built Only 21 B-2 Spirits and They Cost About $2,000,000,000 Each. It Wants at Least 100 B-21 Raiders at Roughly $750,000,000 Apiece.

The US Air Force Built Only 21 B-2 Spirits and They Cost About $2,000,000,000 Each. It Wants at Least 100 B-21 Raiders at Roughly $750,000,000 Apiece.

The B-21's average procurement unit cost target was set at about $550,000,000 in 2010 dollars — roughly $750,000,000 today. The program is projected at around $86,000,000,000 in research, development and procurement through 2031, with the FY2026 request alone near $10,000,000,000. Northrop Grumman has absorbed losses to hold the line on that unit price.