An Analysis of the Navy's Fiscal Year 2014 Shipbuilding Plan
Abstract
At the direction of the Congress, the Department of Defense (DoD) generally issues annual reports that describe its plan for building new ships over the next 30 years. DoD submitted its 2014 shipbuilding plan to the Congress in May 2013, covering fiscal years 2014 to 2043.1 The 2014 plan reflects the Navy s most recent goals for battle force ships goals that were developed in 2012 and outlined in a report to the Congress in January 2013; that analysis is hereafter referred to as the 2012 force structure assessment.2 The goals developed in 2012 were slightly different from the ones that were outlined in the 2005 force structure assessment and were reflected in the Navy s shipbuilding plans up through last year.3 The 2013 and 2014 shipbuilding plans are very similar, but not identical, with respect to the Navy s total inventory goal (in military parlance, its requirement) for battle force ships, the number and types of ships the Navy would purchase over 30 years, and the proposed funding to implement the plans. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) examined the 2014 plan in detail and estimated the costs of the proposed ship purchases using its own estimating methods and assumptions. CBO also analyzed how those ship purchases would affect the Navy s inventories of various types of ships over the next three decades.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 23, 2013
- Accession Number
- ADA587145
Entities
People
- Eric J. Labs
Organizations
- Congressional Budget Office