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Military Readiness: Cost Effectiveness of U.S. Plans for Reset, Force Expansion and Weapons Modernization
Testimony (PDF file - opens in new window)
By Steven Kosiak

Prepared statement by CSBA Vice President for Budget Studies Steven Kosiak for the House Armed Services Committee hearing on Military Readiness: Cost-Effectiveness of US Plans for Reset, Force Expansion and Weapons Modernization.

02/14/2008
congressional action, cost of defense-overview, cost of military operations, critical technologies, defense budget topline, dod strategy and policy, federal budget, service budgets

U.S. Fixed-Wing Modernization Plans: Near Term Choices
Slides (PDF file - opens in new window)
By Steven Kosiak and Barry Watts

Presentation slides from congressional briefing

09/19/2007
air force, annual defense budget, critical technologies, select weapons systems, service budgets, systems/force structure

The Unmanned Combat Air System Carrier Demonstration Program: A New Dawn for Naval Aviation?
Slides (PDF file - opens in new window)
By Robert Work and Thomas Ehrhard

Presentation Slides from Congressional Briefing co-sponsored by Senator Dorgan

07/11/2007
air force, annual defense budget, congressional action, critical technologies, navy, select weapons systems, service budgets, systems/force structure

U.S. Fighter Modernization Plans: Near-Term Choices
Report (PDF file - opens in new window)
By Steven Kosiak and Barry Watts

Under current plans, the US military will spend over $300 billion on fighter modernization over the next several decades, primarily for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program. This is far more than is projected to be spent on any other major acquisition program. Barry Watts and Steven Kosiak, the authors of the report discuss military requirements for US airpower and the affordability of existing plans.

06/20/2007
air force, competitive/grand strategies, critical technologies, dod strategy and policy, select weapons systems, service budgets, service-focused analysis, systems/force structure

A New Transformation Plan for the Navy's Surface Battle Line
Report (PDF file - opens in new window)
By Robert Work

This report is an expansion of a Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments Backgrounder entitled Know When to Hold ’Em: Modernizing the Navy’s Surface Battle Line, dated September 20, 2006. It provides a broader, historical-based analysis of the Navy’s current plans to modernize and recapitalize its fleet of guided-missile cruisers, guided-missile destroyers, and general-purpose destroyers, and proposes a different transformation approach than the one now being pursued.

04/19/2007
navy, service budgets, service-focused analysis, systems/force structure, transformation strategy

The Future of U.S. Ground Forces: Challenges and Requirements
Testimony (PDF file - opens in new window)
By Andrew Krepinevich

Testimony before the Unites States Senate Committee on Armed Services

04/17/2007
afghanistan, alliances, army, congressional action, cost of defense-overview, cost of military operations, critical technologies, iraq, military operations, personnel and readiness, qdr 2005, select weapons systems, service budgets, systems/force structure

Matching Resources With Requirements: Options for Modernizing the US Air Force
Report (PDF file - opens in new window)
By Steven Kosiak

Can the Air Force afford its modernization plan? Steven Kosiak finds it unlikely and provides four alternate models for maintaining air superiority.

08/01/2004
air force, competitive/grand strategies, critical technologies, dod strategy and policy, revolution in military affairs, select weapons systems, service budgets, service-focused analysis, systems/force structure, transformation strategy

Service Focused Analysis

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Tables and Graphs

Department of Defense Budget by Service

(budget authority in billions of dollars)

  Army Navy Air Force Defense Wide

 
Current
$		 FY
2008
$		 %
of
total		  
Current
$		 FY
2008
$		 %
of
total		  
Current
$		 FY
2008
$		 %
of
total		  
Current
$		 FY
2008
$		 %
of
total
1980 34.4 89 24% 47.2 122.3 34% 41.7 108.1 30% 17.3 44.9 12%
1985 74.3 139.3 26% 99 185.8 35% 99.4 186.5 35% 14.1 26.5 5%
                         
1990 78.5 127.1 27% 100 161.9 34% 92.9 150.4 32% 21.7 35.1 7%
1991 91.8 143.3 29% 103.5 161.4 32% 91.3 142.4 29% 32.8 51.2 10%
1992 73.6 111.8 26% 90.3 137.2 31% 82.3 125.1 29% 40.8 62 14%
1993 64.8 96.7 24% 83.2 124.1 31% 79.1 118.1 30% 40 59.7 15%
1994 62.4 91.2 25% 78.1 114.1 31% 74.6 109 30% 36.3 53 14%
1995 63.3 90.6 25% 76.9 110.1 30% 73.9 105.8 29% 41.6 59.5 16%
1996 64.5 90.4 25% 80.1 112.2 31% 73 102.2 29% 36.9 51.8 15%
1997 64.4 88.2 25% 79.6 108.9 31% 73.2 100.2 28% 40.8 55.9 16%
1998 64 85.5 25% 80.7 107.7 31% 76.3 101.8 30% 37.6 50.1 15%
1999 68.4 89 25% 84 109.3 30% 81.9 106.6 29% 44.3 57.6 16%
2000 73.2 92.8 25% 88.8 112.7 31% 83.1 105.4 29% 45.52 57.8 16%
2001 77 94.9 25% 95.5 117.6 31% 89.5 110.3 29% 47.9 59 15%
2002 85.9 103.1 25% 102.4 122.9 30% 100.2 120.3 29% 57.1 68.6 17%
2003 121.1 141.2 28% 124.1 144.6 28% 125.2 146 29% 67.4 78.5 15%
2004 153.1 172.9 33% 124.3 140.4 26% 125.5 141.8 27% 68.1 76.9 14%
2005 152.8 167 32% 131.7 143.9 27% 127.9 139.8 26% 71.5 78.1 15%
2006 174.9 184.2 33% 143.8 151.4 27% 141.7 149.2 26% 76.1 80.1 14%
2007 155.1 155.1 31% 136.7 136.7 27% 134.1 134.1 26% 81.1 81.1 16%
2008 128.4 128.4 27% 139.5 139.5 29% 136.4 136.4 28% 78.9 78.9 16%
2009 139.1 135.6 27% 147.4 143.7 29% 142.6 139 28% 83.9 81.8 16%
2010 142.2 135.3 27% 152.6 145.2 29% 144.4 137.3 28% 84.3 80.2 16%
2011 141.3 131.1 27% 155.8 144.6 29% 147.5 136.9 28% 85 78.9 16%
2012 142.72 129.3 27% 158.1 143.2 29% 150.2 136.1 28% 87.4 79.2 16%
2013 142.6 126 26% 160.2 141.5 29% 152.2 134.5 28% 93.6 82.7 17%

Source: CSBA, June 2007. Based on DoD data.
FY 2007 figures exclude GWOT supplemental appropriations.
Figures for FY 2008 and future years exclude all GWOT funding.

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Department of Defense Budget by Service (2002)