Defense Budget
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Possible Higher Spending Paths for Veterans' Benefits
To help assess budgetary risks, CBO has projected spending by the Department of Veterans Affairs through 2028 under three scenarios, a modified version of CBO’s baseline and two other scenarios involving more rapid spending growth.
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The Cost of Replacing Today’s Air Force Fleet
CBO projects that the annual cost (in 2018 dollars) of replacing the aircraft in the current fleet, essentially one-for-one, would average $15 billion in the 2020s, $23 billion in the 2030s, and $15 billion in the 2040s.
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Replacing Military Personnel in Some Support Positions With Federal Civilians
Presentation by Adebayo Adedeji, an analyst in CBO’s National Security Division, at the Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting.
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The Increasing Costs of the Department of Defense
Presentation by David Arthur, an analyst in CBO’s National Security Division, at the Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting.
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Funding for Overseas Contingency Operations and Its Impact on Defense Spending
CBO analyzes how the Defense Department’s (DoD’s) funding for military conflicts has changed over time and how the separate budgetary treatment of that funding affects perceptions of DoD’s spending and the anticipated costs of DoD’s plans.
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An Analysis of the Navy's Fiscal Year 2019 Shipbuilding Plan
The Navy’s 2019 shipbuilding plan calls for expanding the fleet to 355 battle force ships. On average, implementing the plan would cost 80 percent more per year than the funding for shipbuilding that the Navy has received in recent decades.
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Comparing the Costs of Submarine Maintenance at Public and Private Shipyards
CBO found that maintenance at private shipyards has been less expensive, on average, than at public shipyards for the most common type of overhaul for certain attack submarines.
- Cost Estimate
Conference Agreement for H.R. 5895, Energy and Water, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriation Act, 2019
As included in H.Rpt. 115-929
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Operating Costs of Aging Air Force Aircraft
As aircraft age, they generally become more expensive to operate. The rate of cost growth for the Air Force’s aging aircraft has increased in recent years to a considerable degree because of growth in the total Air Force budget.
- Blog Post
CBO Releases an Interactive Tool for Analyzing the Military’s Forces and Provides an Update on Transparency
Yesterday’s release of an interactive tool for analyzing the military’s forces is one of many ways the agency is working to be transparent.