Costs of Expanding and Modernizing the Navy's Carrier-Based Air Forces

Abstract

To counter the growing threat of the Soviet navy, the Administration has announced its intention to reverse the long-term decline in the size of the U.S. Navy and otherwise improve Navy capabilities. It proposes to expand the U.S. fleet from the current 535 ships to roughly 600 and to increase the number of carrier-based air wings from 12 to 14. In addition to expanding, the Navy plans to modernize the existing carrier air forces, replacing 360 aircraft with more recent types, notably the F/A-18. This paper estimates the cost of the Navy's plan to expand and modernize its carrier air forces and examines alternatives to parts of that plan, while a companion Congressional Budget Office paper analyzes the shipbuilding issue.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA474548

Entities

People

  • Alan H. Shaw
  • Patrick Haar
  • Robert L. Vogel

Organizations

  • Congressional Budget Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Airborne Warning And Control System
  • Aircraft Carriers
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Antisubmarine Aircraft
  • Attack Aircraft
  • Attrition
  • Carrier Based Aircraft
  • Defense Systems
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Helicopters
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Public Financial Management and Budgeting