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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.
- Report
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.
- Report
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.
- Presentation
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.
- Report
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
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.
- Report
This spreadsheet provides the data that underlie CBO’s interactive force structure tool.
- Presentation
Presentation by Derek Trunkey, an analyst with CBO’s National Security Division, at the 93rd Annual Conference of the Western Economic Association International.
- Presentation
Presentation by Edward G. Keating, Deputy Assistant Director in CBO's National Security Division, at the Western Economic Association International 93rd Annual Conference.
- Report
The Navy could use several approaches to increase the size of its fleet. This report focuses on reactivating decommissioned ships, drawing insights from past experiences that might inform lawmakers’ decisions about reactivating ships.