Yeah, which is why I knew they weren't talking about any development costs.

Out of interest, longriver, do you know where the original poster of this on the forum where you got it found these uhh prices?

Come on... 241million for a helicopter? Does it shoot lazer beams?

350 for the F-22? I think your mistaken, its only 142 million according to this ^^

http://armedservices.house.gov/pdfs/...mony052009.pdf

Some other figures shown I debate. Some of the prices quoted are the 'program cost' while other 'fly-away cost'. The F-22A's 'program cost' is $350M while the 'fly-away cost' is down around $120M. The unit cost for the last block of F-22As is around $90M each! The same is true for the B-2 Spirit Bomber. The 'fly-away cost' was $500M each while the 'program cost' is $2,400M each! The F/A-18E Super Hornet costing around $94M while the EA-18G Growler cost around $102M. Only $8M difference between the two aircraft? Again, I think different cost definitions are being used.

[Definitions of cost from AW&ST 08/18/80, page #18]

FLY-AWAY COST -The cost includes airframe, engine and, avionics production cost.
WEAPON SYSTEM COST -"Flyaway cost", plus support and, advance procurement cost.
PROCUREMENT COST -"Weapon system cost", plus initial spares parts.
PROGRAM COST -Procurement cost plus research, development, test and engineering and military construction cost.
LIFE CYCLE COST -Total operating cost added to total program cost.
PROGRAM COST -Development cost loaded onto each unit, are half again as large as the base production or flyaway cost. Cost of becoming operational and all that entails is also added.

The F-35 is cheaper than the F-22 that's a fact

I would like to know if this list was opened up to the rest of the international aviation community, would the list remain all American? I would suspect so. The higher wages and cost of living is a big contributor to the prices.

I think if you worked out relative costs of the B29 back in the 1940 and then scaled it up to match the spending power of the Dollar these days then I think you would find that this plane would be near the top of the list

pretty sure it's spelt; 'Lightning'

The US spent about the same amount developing the B29 as they did on developing the Atom Bomb

A few more URLs on this topic;
The Manhattan Project eventually employed more than 130,000 people at a cost of nearly $2 billion
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Project
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-29_bomber

An itemized listing of the expenses of the Manhattan Project -$1,889,604,000
A total of four weapons (the Trinity gadget, Little Boy, Fat Man, and one more unused weapon) were produced by the end of 1945, making the average cost per bomb around $500 million in 1945 dollars.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Project

US$639,188 ($8.62 million in today's dollars to build the B-29 at 1940s technology)!
The Boeing B-29 Superfortress. Cost? $3 billion, the most expensive weapon of World War II.
http://www.acepilots.com/planes/b29.html