How Much Does It Cost to Increase a Nuclear Plant’s Power Output?
Increasing the power output of an existing U.S. nuclear plant can cost roughly $1.3 million to $3.2 million per added megawatt in relatively focused extended power uprate projects documented in public records. A 100 MW increase at that scale…
How Much Will Golden Dome Cost?
The U.S. military's current estimate puts Golden Dome at about $185 billion to deploy its planned objective architecture through 2035. That is already $10 billion above President Donald Trump's original $175 billion estimate. A much broader…
How Much Does an MH-139A Grey Wolf Helicopter Cost?
An MH-139A Grey Wolf can look like a roughly $21.25 million helicopter in the latest production contract, a $36.98 million procurement aircraft in current program math, a $52.36 million acquisition unit in GAO reporting, or a $63.237 million…
How Much Does Lethal Injection Cost?
A lethal injection can cost a state thousands of dollars in drugs for a single execution, but the real government bill can reach hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars once drug procurement, expired inventory, outside contractors,…
How Much Does a U.S. Military FPV Drone Cost?
A U.S. military first-person-view drone currently costs about $3,500 to $4,500 for the airframe package in the Pentagon's Drone Dominance program, while adding the program's $3,250 explosive payload puts a weaponized one-way FPV system at roughly…
How Much Does an SM-6 Missile Cost?
A U.S. Navy SM-6 currently costs about $5.5 million to $7.841 million per missile, depending on the version being purchased. The Navy's fiscal year 2027 procurement plan prices the mature SM-6 Block IA at $5.5 million per round and the newer…
How Much Does the U.S. Government Spend on Benefits for Immigrants?
The closest widely cited figure is $177 billion, but even that number needs a large warning label: it was a Congressional Budget Office projection covering 2024 through 2034 for a specific recent immigration-surge population and their U.S.-born…
How Much Will the Alaska LNG Pipeline Cost?
The Alaska LNG pipeline is currently estimated to cost about $13.2 billion to $16.9 billion for Phase One, according to project developer Glenfarne's latest public 2026 estimate. The complete Alaska LNG project, including the North Slope gas…
How Much Does a U.S. Navy Drone Ship Cost?
A new U.S. Navy medium drone ship now costs about $40 million per vessel. On September 29, 2026, the Navy announced production agreements for 30 Medium Unmanned Surface Vessels, or MUSVs, split among Galliano Marine Services, Huntington Ingalls…
How Much Does It Cost to Overhaul a U.S. Aircraft Carrier?
A full midlife overhaul of a U.S. nuclear aircraft carrier now costs about $5.1 billion. On September 29, 2026, Huntington Ingalls Industries received a $5,099,973,132 contract to perform the Refueling and Complex Overhaul, or RCOH, of USS Harry…
How Much Will the F/A-XX Fighter Jet Cost?
The U.S. Navy's F/A-XX sixth-generation fighter could cost roughly $150 million to $250 million per production aircraft, based on the cost of current carrier fighters, earlier estimates for sixth-generation aircraft, and the much greater range,…
How Much Did the U.S. Government Spend on Oxygen Forensics?
At least $3.48 million in documented federal obligations and payments can be tied to Oxygen Forensics software purchases since 2015. That figure combines $2,010,876 in direct prime federal obligations to Oxygen Forensics Inc. with $1,469,400…