POTENTIAL COST OVERRUN IN F/A-22 RAPTOR PROGRAM.Byline: Daily News EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE Edwards Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 301,000 acres (121,805 hectares), S Calif., NE of Lancaster; est. 1933. It is one of the largest air force bases in the United States and has the world's longest runway. - Air Force officials announced there could be a cost overrun Noun 1. cost overrun - excess of cost over budget; "the cost overrun necessitated an additional allocation of funds in the budget" cost - the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor of up to $690 million in the engineering, manufacturing and development phase of the F/A-22 program. Dr. Marvin Sambur, assistant secretary of the Air Force for acquisition, has appointed a team of technical and financial experts from the industry and the Air Force to investigate the matter, determine its magnitude, and recommend steps to mitigate further problems. The team led by John Ogg, director of the engineering and technical management directorate at the Aeronautical aer·o·nau·tic also aer·o·nau·ti·cal adj. Of or relating to aeronautics. aer  o·nau Systems Center at Wright
Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, will report initial findings later
this month.
The potential overrun appears to be related to achieving cost and schedule in the developmental phase of the program, the Air Force said. ``The F/A-22 is essential to America's security in the 21st century, and we will get to the bottom of this issue,'' Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. John P. Jumper General John P. Jumper is a United States Air Force officer who served as Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force from September 6, 2001 to September 2, 2005. He retired from the Air Force on November 1, 2005. Jumper was succeeded as Chief of Staff by General T. said in the announcement of the cost problem. Jumper said the aircraft continues to perform superbly in all tests and remains on schedule for first aircraft delivery in 2004 and initial operational capability The first attainment of the capability to employ effectively a weapon, item of equipment, or system of approved specific characteristics that is manned or operated by an adequately trained, equipped, and supported military unit or force. Also called IOC. in 2005. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) An F/A-22 Raptor performs a test mission over Edwards Air Force Base. The F-22 Raptor “F-22” redirects here. For other uses, see F-22 (disambiguation). The F-22 Raptor is a fifth-generation American fighter aircraft that utilizes fourth-generation stealth technology. No. 6 was the first to fly with a new advanced avionics software package. |
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