Weapon Systems
- Presentation
The 2023 Outlook for Navy Shipbuilding: Finding a Course to a More Distributed Fleet
Presentation by Eric J. Labs, an analyst in CBO’s National Security Division, at the Bank of America 2023 Defense Outlook and Commercial Aerospace Forum.
- Report
Options for Reducing the Deficit, 2023 to 2032--Volume I: Larger Reductions
CBO issues a volume describing 17 policy options that would each reduce the federal budget deficit by more than $300 billion over the next 10 years or, in the case of Social Security options, have a comparably large effect in later decades.
- Report
Options for Reducing the Deficit, 2023 to 2032--Volume II: Smaller Reductions
CBO issues a volume that contains short descriptions of 59 policy options that would each reduce the federal budget deficit by less than $300 billion over the next 10 years.
- Report
An Analysis of the Navy’s Fiscal Year 2023 Shipbuilding Plan
Under the three alternatives in the Navy’s 2023 plan, total shipbuilding costs would average about $30 billion to $33 billion per year (in 2022 dollars) through 2052, CBO estimates, as the Navy built a fleet of 316 to 367 battle force ships.
- Presentation
Availability and Use of Aircraft in the Air Force and Navy
Presentation by Edward G. Keating, Deputy Director of CBO’s National Security Analysis Division, at the Western Economic Association’s Annual Conference.
- Blog Post
CBO Releases an Improved Interactive Tool for Analyzing the Military’s Forces and Resources
The enhanced tool lets users change the defense budget to see the possible effects on military forces, or add or subtract major units to see the effects on the budget, or explore a mix of those approaches. It includes a how-to-use tutorial.
- Presentation
Challenges of Adapting DoD’s Acquisition Portfolio to a New Defense Strategy
Presentation by David Arthur, an analyst in CBO's National Security Division, at the Naval Postgraduate School's 19th Annual Acquisition Research Symposium.
- Report
Availability and Use of F-35 Fighter Aircraft
CBO examines the availability and use of DoD’s F-35 fighter aircraft. This report includes findings about fleet sizes, availability rates, time spent in depot-level maintenance, flying hours, and the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
- Presentation
Navy Shipbuilding: Prospects for Building a Larger Fleet
Presentation by Eric J. Labs, an analyst in CBO’s National Security Division, at the 37th Annual Spring Meeting of the Marine Machinery Association.
- Presentation
Navy Shipbuilding: Congressional Perspectives and the Navy’s 2022 Plan
Presentation by Eric J. Labs, an analyst in CBO’s National Security Division, at the Surface Navy Association’s 34th National Symposium.