The Navy's Surface Combatant Programs

Abstract

In February 2008, the Navy released the latest version of its long-term shipbuilding plan, which describes the number, types, and projected costs of ships the Navy has stated it requires to conduct peacetime and wartime missions over the next 30 years. Like the other long-range plans the service has submitted in recent years, the 2009 plan calls for increasing the size of the existing fleet, which consists of 280 battle force ships, to 313 ships by 2020 and beyond. CBO testified before this Subcommittee in March on the overall affordability of that plan and recently released a report updating its analysis. In today's testimony, CBO will focus more narrowly on the five-year period encompassed by the Future Years Defense Program 2009 to 2013 and on surface combatant programs in particular.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 31, 2008
Accession Number
ADA596401

Entities

People

  • Eric J. Labs

Organizations

  • Congressional Budget Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Carriers
  • Aircrafts
  • Arleigh Burke Class
  • Boats
  • Composite Materials
  • Cost Estimates
  • Destroyers
  • Guided Missiles
  • Littoral Combat Ships
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Navy Aircraft
  • Ticonderoga Class
  • Uss Arleigh Burke
  • Uss Ticonderoga
  • Uss Zumwalt
  • Zumwalt Class

Readers

  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Public Financial Management and Budgeting