The cost of military equipment depends on many factors such as the version of the equipment, who is buying,
the size of the deal, the level of servicing and support, and where it will be manufactured.
We have attempted to identify a normal, representative cost for each piece of weaponry and have tried to avoid
complex deals and ambiguous information.
|
Aircraft
|
Cost
|
Producer
|
Refs
|
|
B-2 Stealth Bomber
|
$1,000m
|
Northrop Grumman
|
1
|
|
C-17 Globemaster Transport
|
$232m
|
Boeing
|
2
|
|
C130J Hercules Transport
|
$55m
|
Lockheed Martin
|
3
|
|
Eurofighter
|
$98m
|
BAE Systems/EADS/Alenia Aerospazio
|
4
|
|
F-15 Fighter
|
$105m
|
Boeing
|
5
|
|
F-16 Fighter (Block 60 for UAE)
|
$80m
|
Lockheed Martin
|
6
|
|
F-16 Fighter (Block 50 for US)
|
$25m
|
Lockheed Martin
|
7
|
|
F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
|
$40-$50m
|
Lockheed Martin
|
9
|
|
Global Hawk UAV
|
$75m
|
Northrop Grumman
|
10
|
|
Hawk Trainer/Fighter
|
$21m
|
BAE Systems
|
11
|
|
L-159 Trainer/Fighter
|
$12m
|
Aero Vodochody SA
|
12
|
|
Helicopters
|
|
AH-64 Apache Attack Helicopter
|
c. $50m
|
Boeing (Also produced under licence by AgustaWestland)
|
13
|
|
EC-635 Utility Helicopter
|
$4.2m
|
Eurocopter
|
14
|
|
MH-47 Chinook
|
$67m
|
Boeing
|
15
|
|
Pave Low Helicopter
|
$40m
|
Sikorsky
|
16
|
|
Super Lynx
|
$8m to $32m
|
AgustaWestland
|
17 & 18
|
|
Tiger Attack Helicopter
|
$33.5m
|
Eurocopter
|
19
|
|
Vehicles
|
|
Leopard 2 Main Battle Tank
|
c. $10m
|
Krauss-Maffei Wegmann
|
21
|
|
MRAV - Armoured Vehicle
|
c. $1.5m
|
A consortium including Alvis Vickers
|
22
|
|
Scorpion Light Tank
|
£1.6m
|
Alvis Vickers
|
20
|
|
Ships
|
|
Aircraft Carrier
|
£1.5bn
|
BAE Systems
|
23
|
|
Astute Class Submarine
|
£662m
|
BAE Systems
|
24
|
|
Type 45 Destroyers
|
£500m
|
BAE Systems/VT Group
|
27
|
|
Type 42 HMS Nottingham
|
£300m
|
Vosper Thorneycroft
|
25
|
|
Missiles/Bombs
|
|
AIM-9 Sidewinder (air-air missile)
|
$41,300
|
Raytheon
|
41
|
|
AIM-120 AMRAAM (air-air missile)
|
$386,000
|
Raytheon
|
28
|
|
BLU-82 'Daisy cutter' Bomb
|
$27,000
|
US
|
29
|
|
Cluster Bomb - UK RBL 755
(as used in Kosovo/Serbia)
|
£8,660
|
INSYS
|
30
|
|
Cluster Bomb - US CBU 87
(as used in Afghanistan)
|
$14,000
|
Alliant Techsystems
|
31
|
|
Hellfire Missile
|
$100,000
|
Boeing/Lockheed Martin
|
42
|
|
Mica Air-Air Missiles
|
Euros 650,000
|
MBDA
|
34
|
|
Stinger Missile
|
$88,000
|
Hughes Missile Systems/Raytheon
|
35
|
|
Storm Shadow Cruise Missile
|
$1.75m
|
MBDA
|
32
|
|
Tomahawk Block IIIC Cruise Missile
|
$1.8m
|
Raytheon
|
33
|
|
Small Arms
|
|
AK-47 Kalashnikov
|
$400-600
|
Originally Russia but now many imitations
|
36
|
|
M4 Automatic Weapon & Sight
|
$1,384
|
Colt
|
37
|
|
M16
|
$586
|
Colt
|
38
|
|
SA-80 Rifle
|
£1,160 (91/92 prices)
|
BAE Systems
|
39
|
|
Uzi Sub-machine Gun
|
$1,100-$1,700
|
Originally Israel Military Industries but now out of patent so produced worldwide.
|
40
|
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