Defense and National Security
- Report
Funding for Overseas Contingency Operations and Its Impact on Defense Spending
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
An Analysis of the Navy's Fiscal Year 2019 Shipbuilding Plan
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.
- Cost Estimate
H.R. 1677, Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act of 2018
As reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on October 3, 2018
- 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
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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.
- 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.
- 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.