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The contract for 21 is fixed price iirc and not fixed price plus like the EMD. It would have been tough to get the OEM's to agree to a fixed price production contract without the assured production/acquisition of atleast 20 odd aircraft. It allows some room to take risk and absorb losses on the first few production examples - a smaller LRIP wouldnt have allowed that. I think some indication has been given on the expected annual production rate and I think Bill Sweetman highlighted that in one of his articles at Aviation Week.BTW, the video of the AFRCO director is up here, he says 2025 is the time when they want to roll out the first production representative versions out to the operator with a pre 2030 in service date at the operational bases. Sounds about right. This is still a 2025-2030 IOC program and they'll nail down a definitive date the more the program matures. Thats still pretty good given the award was in FY16 with a multi month development freeze due to a protest.
The contract for 21 is fixed price iirc and not fixed price plus like the EMD. It would have been tough to get the OEM's to agree to a fixed price production contract without the assured production/acquisition of atleast 20 odd aircraft. It allows some room to take risk and absorb losses on the first few production examples - a smaller LRIP wouldnt have allowed that. I think some indication has been given on the expected annual production rate and I think Bill Sweetman highlighted that in one of his articles at Aviation Week.
BTW, the video of the AFRCO director is up here, he says 2025 is the time when they want to roll out the first production representative versions out to the operator with a pre 2030 in service date at the operational bases. Sounds about right. This is still a 2025-2030 IOC program and they'll nail down a definitive date the more the program matures. Thats still pretty good given the award was in FY16 with a multi month development freeze due to a protest.
