Fiscal Year 2014 Department of Defense Budget Request Program Acquisition Cost by Weapon System

Fiscal Year 2014 Department of Defense Budget Request Program Acquisition Cost by Weapon System
Author: United States Department of Defense
Publisher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 82
Release: 2013-04-18
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9781484146613

The combined capabilities and performance of U.S. weapons systems are unmatched throughout the world, ensuring that U.S. military forces have the advantage over any adversary. The Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 acquisition funding request for the Department of Defense (DoD) totals $167.6 billion, of which $99.3 billion is for Procurement-funded, and $67.6 billion is for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E)-funded programs. Of this amount,$69.4 billion is for programs that have been designated as Major Defense Acquisition Programs (MDAP). This book focuses on the key MDAP programs. To simplify the display of the various weapon systems, this book is organized by the following mission area categories:• Aircraft• Command, Control, Communications, and Computer (C4) Systems• Ground Programs• Missile Defense• Munitions and Missiles• Shipbuilding and Maritime Systems• Space Based and Related Systems• Mission Support• Science and Technology

Program Acquisition Costs by Weapon System

Program Acquisition Costs by Weapon System
Author: United States. Department of Defense
Publisher:
Total Pages: 62
Release: 1997
Genre: United States
ISBN:

This document provides the program acquisition costs by weapon system of the armed forces in the Dept. of Defense.

Acquisition Reform

Acquisition Reform
Author: United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher:
Total Pages: 28
Release: 1997
Genre: United States
ISBN:

Sources of Weapon System Cost Growth

Sources of Weapon System Cost Growth
Author: Joseph George Bolten
Publisher: Rand Corporation
Total Pages: 117
Release: 2008
Genre: History
ISBN: 0833042890

Previous studies have shown that the Department of Defense (DoD) and the military departments have historically underestimated the cost of new weapon systems. Quantifying cost growth is important, but the larger issue is why cost growth occurs. To address that issue, this analysis uses data from Selected Acquisition Reports to examine 35 mature, but not necessarily complete, major defense acquisition programs similar to the type and complexity of those typically managed by the Air Force. The programs are first examined as a complete set, then Air Force and non-Air Force programs are analyzed separately to determine whether the causes of cost growth in the two groups differ. Four major sources of cost growth were identified: (1) errors in estimation and scheduling, (2) decisions made by the government, (3) financial matters, and (4) miscellaneous sources. Total (development plus procurement) cost growth, when measured as simple averages among the program set, is dominated by decisions, which account for more than two-thirds of the growth. Most decisions-related cost growth involves quantity changes (22 percent), requirements growth (13 percent), and schedule changes (9 percent). Cost estimation (10 percent) is the only large contributor in the errors category. Less than 4 percent of the overall cost growth is due to financial and miscellaneous causes. Because decisions involving changes in requirements, quantities, and production schedules dominate cost growth, program managers, service leadership, and Congress should look for ways to reduce changes in these areas.

Program Acquisition Cost by Weapon System Fy 2015 (Color)

Program Acquisition Cost by Weapon System Fy 2015 (Color)
Author: U. S. Department U.S. Department of Defense
Publisher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 82
Release: 2014-12-19
Genre:
ISBN: 9781505629187

The combined capabilities and performance of U.S. weapon systems are unmatchedthroughout the world, ensuring that U.S. military forces have the advantage over any adversary. The Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 acquisition funding request for the Department of Defense (DoD) totals $153.9 billion, which includes $154.2 billion in new budget authority for FY 2015 offset by the cancellation of $0.3 billion of prior year funding. The $154.2 billion for the base budget, includes $90.7 billion for Procurement funded and $63.5 billion for Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E) funded programs.Of this amount, $69.6 billion is for programs that have been designated as Major Defense Acquisition Programs (MDAPs). Unless specifically identified as being for Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO), this book focuses on base funding for the key MDAP programs. To simplify the display of the various weapon systems, this book is organized by the following mission area categories:Mission Area Categories* Aircraft & Related Systems* Command, Control, Communications,Computers, and Intelligence (C4I) Systems* Ground Systems* Missile Defense Programs* Missiles and Munitions* Shipbuilding and Maritime Systems* Space Based Systems* Mission Support Activities* RDT&E Science & Technology