Operating and Support Costs for Army Modernization

Abstract

Mr. Chairman, I appreciate the opportunity to testify on the operating and support costs associated with the Army's modernization program. At the request of this Committee, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has analyzed this important subject, and my testimony today presents the results of our inquiry. The Army is modernizing its force with more than 180 new systems, many of which are substantially more sophisticated than today's versions. Our analysis has emphasized six of these systems, representing the primary new combat systems that the Army is fielding and the ones for which detailed data were available. The analysis suggests that their operating and support costs will exceed those of antecedent versions by 45 to 70 percent in constant dollars. Indeed, there are indications that operating costs could increase substantially more, especially costs associated with the reserves and costs for spare parts and equipment overhauls.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 21, 1983
Accession Number
ADA616266

Entities

People

  • Alice M. Rivlin

Organizations

  • Congressional Budget Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Air Defense
  • Army Budgets
  • Attack Helicopters
  • Budgets
  • Business Administration
  • Engineering
  • Federal Budgets
  • Maintenance
  • Maintenance Requirements
  • Military Personnel
  • Multiple Launch Rocket System
  • Procurement
  • Spare Parts
  • Vehicles
  • Weapon Systems
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.