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- Defense Acquisition Reform: Status and Current Issues
- The end of the Cold War and its impact on defense spending has created a strong need to reform Department of Defense’s (DOD) acquisition system. With procurement spending down, DOD expects to depend on savings from acquisition reform to help finance future force modernization. Policymakers believe that DOD should use more commercial products because, in many instances, they cost less and their quality is comparable to products built according to DOD military specifications. Many such reform proposals are based on recognition that DOD regulatory barriers and a Cold War acquisition “culture” have inhibited the introduction of commercial products.
- Tactical Aircraft Modernization: Issues for Congress
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- Costs of Major U.S. Wars and Recent U.S. Overseas Military Operations
- This report presents the data on the costs of U.S. overseas military operations. Table 1 provides estimated costs of major U.S. conflicts in the 20th century. Table 2 shows the incremental costs to DOD of smaller operations within the past decade.1 Tables 3 and 4 show an annual breakdown of the incremental costs of U.S. peace and security commitments from FY1991 through FY2000, including ongoing and completed operations.
- Military Base Closures: Time for Another Round?
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- Military Base Closures: Where Do We Stand?
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- Navy Network-Centric Warfare Concept: Key Programs and Issues for Congress
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- Defense Budget for FY2002: An Overview of Bush Administration Plans and Key Issues for Congress
- Details of Bush Administration plans for the defense budget have been on hold for several months as senior officials have undertaken a reassessment of defense policy known as the “National Defense Review.” The initial Bush budget outline, A Blueprint for New Beginnings, released on February 28, and the Administration’s official FY2002 budget request, released on April 9, include $325 billion in new budget authority for national defense in FY2002, but that total remains subject to change as the defense review proceeds. Moreover, official Administration defense budget projections beyond FY2002 simply reflect projected growth with inflation in overall annual funding for national defense fromFY2003 through FY2006 rather than the results of any policy assessment.
- Military Spending by Foreign Nations: Data from Selected Public Sources
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- Military Base Closures: Where Do We Stand?
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- Military Base Closures: Time for Another Round?
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