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The Long-Term Implications of Current Defense Plans: Detailed Update for Fiscal Year 2005
September 2004		 PDF
Figure 3-12 Updated.
Procurement of Navy Fighter and Attack Aircraft

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  • This chart updates Figure 3-12 of CBO's February 2004 Web document. It shows past and projected purchases of fighter and attack aircraft for the Navy and Marine Corps measured by the number of aircraft (the top part of the chart) and in billions of 2005 dollars (the bottom part of the chart).


  • Spending on procurement of tactical fighters will average about $4.5 billion a year (without cost risk) in the 2005-2022 period, CBO projects.


  • Although spending is lower than that average in most years of the projection, it is substantially higher from 2008 through 2011 because of simultaneous purchases of F/A-18E/F, EA-18G, and Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft.


  • Under the 2005 FYDP, the schedule for the JSF has slipped by one year compared with the schedule in the 2004 FYDP. The total number of fighter and attack aircraft that the Navy plans to purchase between 2005 and 2009 has fallen by 37, of which 35 are attributable to the delay in the JSF schedule.
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