The Department of Defense, Science and Technology Program: An Analysis, FY1998-FY2007

Abstract

Every year Congress appropriates billions of dollars for the Science and Technology Program of the Department of Defense. Besides deciding on how much money to appropriate, Congress must also decide on how best to allocate those resources. Over the last ten years, the Science and Technology program has grown to historic levels in inflation-adjusted dollars. However, the funding increases appear to have peaked. In light of growing federal budget deficits, Congress may reexamine its investments in DOD's S&T program. Before doing that, it might be helpful to understand how the budget increases of the last ten years have been allocated. That is the purpose of this report. Between FY1998 and FY2007, the annual budget of the Department of Defense (DOD) Science and Technology (S&T) program grew from $7.7 billion to $12.8 billion. The cumulative increase, in constant FY2009 dollars, was $22.5 billion.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 12, 2008
Accession Number
ADA486498

Entities

People

  • John D. Moteff

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Counter WMD
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerospace Craft
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Budgets
  • Combat Vehicles
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Financial Management
  • Materials
  • Materials Science
  • Military Research
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States Government
  • Warfare
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

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  • Public Financial Management and Budgeting
  • Strategic Security Studies