Production On 28 September 2005, the Pentagon formally approved full-rate production,"Osprey OK'd". Defense Tech, 28 September 2005. increasing from 11 V-22s per year to between 24 and 48 per year by 2012. Of the 458 total planned, 360 are for the USMC, 50 for the USAF, and 48 for the Navy at an average cost of $110 million per aircraft, including development costs. The V-22 had an incremental flyaway cost of $67 million per aircraft in 2008,"FY 2009 Budget Estimates". p. 133. United States Air Force, February 2008. The Navy had hoped to shave about $10 million off that cost via a five-year production contract in 2013. Each CV-22 cost $73 million (~$ in ) in the FY 2014 budget.
Production On 28 September 2005, the Pentagon formally approved full-rate production,"Osprey OK'd". Defense Tech, 28 September 2005. increasing from 11 V-22s per year to between 24 and 48 per year by 2012. Of the 458 total planned, 360 are for the USMC, 50 for the USAF, and 48 for the Navy at an average cost of $110 million per aircraft, including development costs. The V-22 had an incremental flyaway cost of $67 million per aircraft in 2008,"FY 2009 Budget Estimates". p 133. United States Air Force, February 2008 The Navy had hoped to shave about $10 million off that cost via a five-year production contract in 2013 Each CV-22 cost $73 million (~$ in ) in the FY 2014 budget.