Defense and National Security
- Cost Estimate
H.R. 6395, the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021
As reported by the House Committee on Armed Services on July 9, 2020
- Cost Estimate
H.R. 6395, the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021
Letter to the Honorable Adam Smith
- Cost Estimate
S. 4049, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021
As reported by the Senate Committee on Armed Services on June 23, 2020
- Presentation
The Cost of Replacing Today’s Naval Aviation Fleets
On June 27, 2020, R. Derek Trunkey, David Arthur, Edward G. Keating, and John Kerman (of CBO’s National Security Division) presented at the Annual Conference of the Western Economic Association International.
- Cost Estimate
S. 4049, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021
Letter to the Honorable James M. Inhofe
- Report
Costs of Creating a Space National Guard
CBO examines two options for establishing a Space National Guard to support active component Space Force personnel, estimating the additional costs beyond those incurred for existing Air and Army National Guard units that have space-related missions.
- Report
Options for Fielding Ground-Launched Long-Range Missiles
This report examines some of the challenges U.S. forces might face in a conflict in the Baltic region or the South China Sea and options for mitigating those challenges by procuring and fielding ground-launched long-range missiles.
- Report
The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2020 to 2030
In CBO’s projections of the outlook under current law, deficits remain large by historical standards, federal debt grows to 98 percent of GDP by 2030, and the economy expands at an average annual rate of 1.7 percent from 2021 to 2030.
- Report
The Cost of Replacing the Department of Defense’s Current Aviation Fleet
Summarizing three reports about the aviation fleets of the U.S. Air Force, Army, and the Department of the Navy, CBO projects the number and costs of aircraft the Department of Defense would need to procure to maintain the fleets’ current size through 2050.
- Presentation
A Presentation About Approaches to Changing Military Compensation
Presentation by Carla Tighe Murray, a consultant to CBO and former senior analyst for CBO’s National Security Division, to the Military Manpower Roundtable.