DOD BUDGET: Substantial Risks in Weapons Modernization Plans

Abstract

Although DOD has reduced military and civilian personnel, force structure, and facilities over several years, it has been unable to follow through with planned funding increases for modern weapon systems. This has occurred, in part, because DOD has not shifted funds from infrastructure to modernization. In 1997, infrastructure spending was 59 percent of DODs total budget, the same percentage that was reported in the bottom-up review report for 1994. Consequently, DOD has repeatedly shifted planned funding increases for modern weapon systems further into the future with each succeeding FYDP. DOD acknowledged in its 1997 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) report that it has had to postpone procurement plans because funds were redirected to pay for underestimated operating costs and new program demands, and projected savings from outsourcing and other initiatives had not materialized.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 08, 1998
Accession Number
AD1171902

Entities

People

  • Richard A. Davis

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

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  • Accounting
  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Base Closures
  • Business Administration
  • Civilian Personnel
  • Commerce
  • Department Of Defense
  • Force Structure
  • Health Care
  • Infrastructure
  • Maintenance
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Procurement
  • National Security
  • Procurement
  • United States
  • Weapon Systems

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  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Strategic Security Studies