Defense and National Security
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Trends in DoD’s and VA’s Budgets for Military Compensation
Presentation by David Mosher, CBO’s Director of National Security Analysis, at the Military Manpower Roundtable.
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A Presentation About U.S. Hypersonic Weapons and Alternatives
Presentation by Corinne Kramer, an analyst in CBO’s National Security Division, as part of the Global Security Technical Webinar Series at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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The Navy’s 2023 Shipbuilding Plan and the Future of Expeditionary Warfare Operations
Presentation by Eric J. Labs, an analyst in CBO’s National Security Division, at the National Defense Industrial Association’s 25th Annual Expeditionary Warfare Conference.
- Report
Availability and Use of F-35 Fighter Aircraft: An Update
CBO reexamines the availability and use of the Department of Defense’s F-35 fighter aircraft and presents new findings on availability rates, flying hours, and effects of aging.
- Report
Availability and Use of the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Fighter Aircraft
CBO compares the availability and use of the Navy’s F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fighter aircraft with the availability and use of their predecessor F/A-18C/D Hornets and other aircraft. Super Hornets have aged more adversely than the F/A-18C/Ds.
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U.S. Hypersonic Weapons and Alternatives
CBO analyzes the hypersonic missiles being developed by the U.S. military and compares them with less expensive existing or potential weapons that might fill similar roles, such as cruise missiles or ballistic missiles.
- Presentation
Perspectives on the Navy’s 2023 Shipbuilding Plan
Presentation by Eric J. Labs, an analyst in CBO’s National Security Division, at the Surface Navy Association’s 35th National Symposium.
- Report
Long-Term Implications of the 2023 Future Years Defense Program
CBO analyzes the Department of Defense’s (DoD’s) plans for 2023 through 2027 as presented in the 2023 Future Years Defense Program and projects that DoD’s costs would increase by 9 percent from 2027 to 2037 without the effects of inflation.
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The 2023 Outlook for Navy Shipbuilding: Finding a Course to a More Distributed Fleet
Presentation by Eric J. Labs, an analyst in CBO’s National Security Division, at the Bank of America 2023 Defense Outlook and Commercial Aerospace Forum.
- Report
Options for Reducing the Deficit, 2023 to 2032--Volume I: Larger Reductions
CBO issues a volume describing 17 policy options that would each reduce the federal budget deficit by more than $300 billion over the next 10 years or, in the case of Social Security options, have a comparably large effect in later decades.