[quote][b][url=/v3/forum/%C3%A9tats-unis-31/topic/c-17-globemaster-iii-fiche-technique-2318/?post=30942#post-30942]vigi[/url] a dit le 08/05/2009 à 22:21 :[/b]

Programme du budget de la défense  2010


[quote]The Administration proposes to terminate production of the C-17 airlift aircraft and fund an orderly
shutdown of the production line because the number of C-17s now ordered will be sufficient to meet the
Department of Defense's (DOD's) airlift needs. The C-17 is designed to carry heavy military cargoes over
long distances.

A total of 205 C-17s have been ordered with budgetary resources provided prior to 2009. The Congress
authorized six aircraft in 2009 but provided no funding. Continuing C-17 production would cost about $3
billion per year in 2010 and subsequent years. The Government Accountability Office has urged a careful
balancing of costs and requirements in determining how DOD should meet its airlift needs, and DOD has
conducted such assessments.
1) For example, in the Quadrennial Defense Review in 2006, and in other internal reviews, DOD examined the strategic implications of various airlift force levels.
2) DOD concluded that for long-range airlift 205 C-17s, together with the existing fleet of C-5 aircraft, would be sufficient to meet DOD's mobility needs, even under the most stressing scenarios. Thus, no more C-17s need be ordered, and production will cease when the 205th aircraft has been produced. The 2010 request includes $91 million for
an orderly shutdown of the production line.[/quote]

[url=http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2010/assets/trs.pdf]Sources[/url][/quote]