First of all we need to understand the how FMS & DCS works including their adv & disadv. DCSA and actual contract might be different for various reasons. Bahrain reduced their order to 16 and made some adjustments. Here is my post:
"Bahrain (2018) ; 16 Viper for $1.1 bil = @$69 mil. LM contract to build aircraft & support. But they also upgrade their 20 fighters of F16 block 40 to F16V for $1.082 bil which include new engines, avionics and an active electronically scanned array radar system."
Looking at the number those $1.1 bil is
for manufactur and
limited support only. That means no support contract, no training both pilot & technician, no spare parts. I assume those things went thru DCS.
Now check this out for comparison. Its Qatar F15-QA and Qatar is F-15 FIRST TIME user. Check out how much they pay for service contract, training, parts, infratructure etc.
" Kontrak pertama yang belum diumumkan, didapat Boeing pada 2019 untuk mendukung manajemen program F-15QA, pemeliharaan, dan pelatihan para awak f-15QA senilai 240 juta dolas AS untuk lima tahun. "
" Kontrak kedua, senilai 68 juta dolar AS di mana Boeing akan memberikan dukungan pemeliharaan dan logistik kepada QEAF selama pelatihan pra-pengiriman F-15QA yang akan dimulai awal tahun depan."
"Kontrak yang ketiga, didapatkan Boeing pada November tahun ini senilai 500 juta dolar AS. Boeing akan memberi QEAF suku cadang dan dukungan logistik di dalam negeri setelah pesawat F-15QA dikirim ke Qatar."
Boeing dapat kontrak 808 juta dolar AS untuk pelatihan dan dukungan F-15QA
That whooping numbers you got from DCSA (F16V) might be coming from whole package with different total airframe.
What Im trying to say that Bahrain numbers if it include parts & logistics might add another $300+ mil or so. But Bahrain new Viper can give us a hint on how much is the base price
without the parts/logistics contract. This is one of the reason (budget wise) "sometime" we didnt take this kind of contract, for any other time ini bs ngilangin "lapak" harwat oknum yg tdak bertanggung jwab.
Now looking at Qatar F-15 we all know roughly how much we have to pay if we want to introduce new fighter platform into our TNI-AU. I bet most of us know its expensive but have no idea how expensive it is. Oh btw those numbers is for
36 brand new F-15. This is one of the reason in this current pandemic situation its wise not to introduce new platform and stick to F16V.