New assault rifle for some units of the british army

[CINDERS]

180,000,000 Div# 11,164 = $1,546.3917 GBP per weapon with the full contract however the initial 1,640 at $90,000,000 unit price balloons to $54,878.048/GBP per unit so someones grafting a good deal with the first issue if I'm correct!
So easy to spend big $'s when its not your own money I fully understand the need but boy someones killing the pig here!

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[GeeRam]

180,000,000 Div# 11,164 = $1,546.3917 GBP per weapon with the full contract however the initial 1,640 at $90,000,000 unit price balloons to $54,878.048/GBP per unit so someones grafting a good deal with the first issue if I'm correct!
So easy to spend big $'s when its not your own money I fully understand the need but boy someones killing the pig here!

Not sure where the 180,000,000 comes from?

90m divided by 11164 = 8,061 by my maths, which given likely includes optics and accessories as shown. However, I suspect the 90m is like all these new contracts, a lifetime support contract, so will include all support, spares, rebuilds, and maybe upgrades through the contract lifespan, likely 20+ years, in which case the 8k per unit is probably not excessive.