Programme Costs

Total programme cost between €31.1 Bn (National Assembly €26 Bn + 19.5% VAT) and €35.1 Bn (National Assembly, 2005).

Other total costs reported include €33.27 Bn (National Assembly), or €34 Bn (Dassault).

This translates to a unit programme cost of between €106 m and €119.388 m.

Unit system cost FF 600 m (€ 91 m) €88 m Unit flyaway price (1997) FF 350 m (€53 m)

These costs make Rafale the cheapest of the current crop of fighters, while the claimed lack of cost growth since 1997 would make it the most tightly managed modern fighter programme. In eDefence Online, however, respected French aviation writer JM Guhl quoted "a list price given at some $66.5 million for the basic "naked" aircraft and almost $145 million with its complete set of sensors and weapons."

Source: Wikipedia.org