Weapon Systems
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Long-Term Implications of the 2019 Future Years Defense Program
CBO estimates that if the Department of Defense implemented the plans described in its 2019 Future Years Defense Program, its base-budget costs (in 2019 dollars) would climb from the $617 billion requested for 2019 to $735 billion in 2033.
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Projected Costs of U.S. Nuclear Forces, 2019 to 2028
The Administration’s current plans for U.S. nuclear forces would cost $494 billion over the 2019–2028 period—$94 billion more than CBO’s 2017 estimate for the 2017–2026 period, in part because modernization programs continue to ramp up.
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Operating Costs and Aging of Air Force Aircraft
Presentation by Derek Trunkey, an analyst with CBO’s National Security Division, at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Air Force Studies Board.
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Navy Ship Construction: From the Budget Control Act to Building a New Fleet
Presentation by Eric Labs, a senior analyst for naval forces and weapons in CBO’s National Security Division, at the Surface Navy Association’s 31st National Symposium.
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The 2019 Outlook for Navy Shipbuilding
Presentation by Eric Labs, a senior analyst for naval forces and weapons in CBO’s National Security Division, at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Defense Outlook Forum.
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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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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.
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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.