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Letter from June O'Neil, Director Congressional Budget office to Curt Weldon re: Administration's Programs to Modernize Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps Tactical Air Forces 1 (July 1998)

handle is hein.congrec/cbo9842 and id is 1 raw text is: July 23, 1998 Honorable Curt Weldon Chairman Subcommittee on Military Research and Development Committee on National Security U.S. House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515 Dear Mr. Chairman: At your request, the Congressional Budget Office has estimated the cost of three tactical aircraft programs to reflect changes resulting from the 1997 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR). CBO estimates that the Administration's programs to modernize Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps tactical air forces would cost about $290 billion over the 1999-2026 period, excluding about $31 billion in costs that have been incurred through 1998. (All of the estimated costs in this letter are expressed in constant 1998 dollars.) Based on the Administration's plan, annual funding for the three programs would increase from $6.5 billion in 1999 to a high of about $15 billion in 2010. Annual funding would average about $10.4 billion over the 27-year period. The enclosed table displays a breakdown of CBO's estimates by aircraft and type of cost. F/A-18E/F. The Navy would use E and F models of the F/A- 18 aircraft in fighter and attack roles. It plans to buy 548 of the new aircraft to replace older models of the F- 18 and F- 14 aircraft. Funding has already been provided to buy 32 aircraft, although the E and F models are still undergoing development. CBO estimates that completing development and buying 516 E/F aircraft would cost about $34 billion. This estimate assumes that production would extend through 2010 and that annual production rates would reach 48 aircraft. It also assumes that the Navy would buy the aircraft under multiyear contracts beginning in 2000 and that correcting a performance deficiency known as wing-drop would require minimal design changes.

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