Re:Rumours of SR-71 Blackbird Successor from Lockheed's Skun...
by sidewndr46 on Friday November 24, 2023 @09:18PM
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If what you're saying is correct (the parts were purchased as spares) then that is actually fraud.
Avionic came from the F-16, F-15 and F/A-18 programs (unsourced claim, but very likely, those parts were purchased as spares for those aircraft).
Engines are modified are modified F404s drom GE.
That leaves the airframe, landing gear and some other bits and pieces like evironmental controls, but the avionics and engines account for the vast majority of aircraft costs.