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Long-Term Implications of the 2016 Future Years Defense Program
January 14, 2016The Department of Defense’s five-year plan calls for budgets averaging $534 billion (in 2016 dollars) from 2016 through 2020, but they would average $565 billion per year from 2021 through 2030 under the department’s cost assumptions.
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An Analysis of the Navy’s Fiscal Year 2016 Shipbuilding Plan
October 29, 2015CBO estimates that the cost of the Navy’s 2016 shipbuilding plan—an average of about $20 billion per year (adjusted for inflation) over 30 years—would be $4 billion higher than the funding that the Navy has received in recent decades.
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Preserving the Navy’s Forward Presence With a Smaller Fleet
March 13, 2015The Navy can sustain its forward presence under smaller shipbuilding budgets by using longer deployments, more overseas basing, and more rotating crews. But those methods would offset some of the savings and have other disadvantages.
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Projected Costs of U.S. Nuclear Forces, 2015 to 2024
January 22, 2015CBO estimates the Administration’s plans for nuclear forces would cost $348 billion over the next decade, close to last year’s estimate. However, projected costs for both the Departments of Defense and Energy have changed somewhat.
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Growth in DoD's Budget From 2000 to 2014
November 20, 2014The Department of Defense’s base budget increased by 31 percent (adjusted for inflation) between 2000 and 2014, mainly because of higher costs for military personnel and operation and maintenance.
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The Army’s Ground Combat Vehicle Program and Alternatives
April 2, 2013CBO compares the Army’s plan for the GCV with four options and finds that, although no option would meet all of the Army’s goals, all are likely to be less costly and pose a smaller risk of delay than CBO expects for the Army’s plan.
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An Analysis of the Navy's Amphibious Warfare Ships for Deploying Marines Overseas
November 18, 2011Between 2012 and 2041, the Navy will: purchase 20 amphibious ships at a cost of about $50 billion; retire 22 amphibious ships; and meet or exceed the 33-ship goal between 2017 and 2031 but fall below the goal the rest of the time.