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Mike Levin: I want to put in the Record a chart from the Institute for Defense Analysis. It compares savings on various programs…

On the recordJune 22, 2006
I want to put in the Record a chart from the Institute for Defense Analysis. It compares savings on various programs, showing savings with the F/A-18, multiyear, from 7 to 11 percent; the C-17 airplane, of 10 percent; the C-130J, multiyear, of 10 percent; and the comparison to the F-22, which they estimate at 2.6 percent. I ask unanimous consent that this chart be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: TABLE 4.--CHARACTERISTICS OF OTHER RELEVANT MYP PROGRAMS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amount of Amount of Savings Savings Prior Period of Procurement Quantity CRI EOQ TINA Program (%) (TY$M) lots/ performance timeframe procured funding funding FAR waiver units (years) ($M) ($M) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- F/A-18E/F Air Vehicle (MYP-1)........ 7.4 $850 3/62 5 FY00-04 222 $200 $85 15 No F414 Engine (MYP-1).................. 2.8 51 5/682 5 FY02-06 454 0 0 15 No F/A-18E/F/G Air Vehicle (MYP-2)...... 10.95 1,052 8/284 5 FY05-09 210 100 0 15 Yes C-17A Airframe (MYP-1)............... 5.0 760 8/40 7 FY97-03 80 350 300 15 No C-17A Engine (F117-PW-100)........... 6.0 122 4/160 7 FY97-03 320 0 0 12 No C-17A Airframe (MYP-1)...............…
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