Defense and National Security
- Blog Post
A Call for New Research in the Area of National Security
To enhance its work for the Congress, CBO is looking for new research on the implications of the military’s use of in-kind compensation, and on the causes and future evolution of sector-specific inflation.
- Presentation
Alternative Ways to Provide Fuel Within the Department of Defense
The Defense Logistics Agency buys fuel and charges the military services for it. But volatile fuel costs can cause changes in rates that create budgetary challenges for the services. CBO examined new ways to budget for and price fuel.
- Report
DECKPLATE and AMSRR: Comparing Two Ways to Measure the Availability of F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Aircraft
Two Navy databases, DECKPLATE and AMSRR, track aircraft availability. Looking at Super Hornet aircraft, CBO found AMSRR’s availability rates better predict actual flying hours. DECKPLATE’s predictions are similar if data errors are fixed.
- Report
Projected Costs of U.S. Nuclear Forces, 2023 to 2032
CBO estimates that plans for U.S. nuclear forces, as described in the fiscal year 2023 budget and supporting documents, would cost $756 billion over the 2023–2032 period, $122 billion more than CBO’s 2021 estimate for the 2021–2030 period.
- Presentation
The Army’s Costs to Eliminate Its Deferred Maintenance Backlog and to Renovate and Modernize Its Buildings
Presentation by Adebayo Adedeji, an analyst in CBO’s National Security Division, at the 2023 Conference of the Western Economic Association International.
- Cost Estimate
Direct Spending and Revenue Effects of H.R. 2670, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024
Letter to the Honorable Mike Rogers
- Cost Estimate
H.R 2741, Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2023
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on April 26, 2023
- Cost Estimate
H.R. 1282, Major Richard Star Act
As introduced in the House of Representatives on March 1, 2023
- Report
Large Constellations of Low-Altitude Satellites: A Primer
CBO provides an introduction to the basics of satellites and constellations, describes the reasons for and consequences of the projected growth in large constellations, and discusses the costs of fielding those constellations.
- Report
An Evaluation of CBO’s Projections of Outlays From 1984 to 2021
In this report, CBO uses various measures to assess the quality of its past projections of federal outlays. The analysis focuses on three fiscal years within each projection period: the budget year, the 6th year, and the 11th year.