That's just one of the phases. The amount of $16.5 million covers the design and development of the technology replacing the current technology. The total cost is $61.9 over six years, which comes to about $10.3 million annually. If we compare this amount to the $24.3 million required for the current technology, we see that we are saving a lot of money with the private sector technology.
On November 22nd, 2011. See this statement in context.