AIR FORCE BUDGET: Potential Reductions to the Strategic Missile Systems Budget.
Abstract
As requested, we reviewed the Air Force's funding requirements for fiscal years 1989, 1990, and 1991 for the Peacekeeper Rail Garrison, Minuteman, Peacekeeper missile, and Advanced Cruise Missile weapon systems and the Rapid Execution and Combat Targeting program to identify areas for potential budget reductions. We provided the results of our analysis to your offices during briefings in July and August 1990, prior to the time the Senate and House conferees reached agreement on the fiscal year 1991 defense budget. Accordingly, this report does not address actual amounts appropriated for these programs in the Defense Department Appropriations Act for fiscal year 1991. The information we provided is summarized below and discussed in detail in appendix I. We identified potential budget reductions totaling about $ 2.138 billion- about $1.8 billion requested in fiscal year 1991, $322.5 million appropriated- in fiscal year 1990, and $39.8 million appropriated in fiscal year 1989. These potential reductions result from our suggestions to delay the production decisions for the Peacekeeper Rail Garrison and Rapid Execution and Combat Targeting programs and from our analysis of current contract information and revised program requirements and estimates. Table 1 shows the potential reductions for each program.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1990
- Accession Number
- ADA344814
Entities
People
- J. J. Klotz
- N. J. Rabkin
- S. F. Kuhta
Organizations
- United States Government Accountability Office