Defense and National Security
- Presentation
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.
- Cost Estimate
Conference Agreement for H.R. 5895, Energy and Water, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriation Act, 2019
As included in H.Rpt. 115-929
- Report
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.
- Cost Estimate
H.R. 5841, Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018
As passed the U.S. House of Representatives on June 26, 2018
- Blog Post
CBO Releases an Interactive Tool for Analyzing the Military’s Forces and Provides an Update on Transparency
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.
- Interactive
CBO’s Interactive Force Structure Tool
This tool allows the user to see the effects on the Department of Defense’s total operation and support costs and on the size of the military of adding or subtracting tanks, ships, aircraft, and other units.
- Report
The U.S. Military’s Force Structure: Fiscal Year 2019 Update to Personnel Numbers and Costs
This spreadsheet provides the data that underlie CBO’s interactive force structure tool.
- Cost Estimate
H.R. 6237, Matthew Young Pollard Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2018 and 2019
As reported by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on July 3, 2017
- Presentation
Operating Costs and Aging of Air Force Aircraft
Presentation by Derek Trunkey, an analyst with CBO’s National Security Division, at the 93rd Annual Conference of the Western Economic Association International.
- Presentation
The Depot-Level Maintenance of DoD’s Combat Aircraft: Insights for the F-35
Presentation by Edward G. Keating, Deputy Assistant Director in CBO's National Security Division, at the Western Economic Association International 93rd Annual Conference.