US Defence budget for FY 2001
8 February 2000
US Secretary of Defence William S. Cohen has released details of President Clinton's Fiscal Year (FY) 2001 defence budget. The budget requests $291.1 billion in budget authority and $277.5 billion in outlays for the Department of Defence (DoD).
Last year President Clinton allocated to DoD an added $112 billion for FY 2000-2005. In the new budget $4.8 billion has been added, primarily for operations in Bosnia and Kosovo and for higher fuel costs. DoD budget authority real growth exceeds 1 percent in FY 2001.
The budget includes $60 billion for procurement in FY 2001l. Investments include both new systems like the F-22 fighter as well as upgrades to existing systems. It also includes the projected funding needed to deploy a limited national missile defence system by 2005, should the US President order such a deployment later this year.
Readiness needs are funded mostly in Operation and Maintenance (O&M) accounts, which total $109.3 billion in FY 2001. The request fully funds the Military Services' O&M budgets so that their operations, training, and maintenance goals can be met.
Modernisation of aviation forces includes DoD's largest acquisition programme: the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). The aim is a family of aircraft, with variants configured to meet several sets of requirements. The JSF will replace the F-16 in the Air Force, F/A-18C in the Navy, and F/A-18C/D and AV-8B for the Marines.
The F-22 will replace the F-15C/D in the air superiority role and have substantial air-to-ground capability as well. DoD's F-22 acquisition strategy has been modified to reflect congressional action on the FY 2000 budget.
The Navy's F/A-18E/F will provide much greater survivability and payload over earlier F/A-18 models. Production of 42 F/A-18E/F aircraft is planned for FY 2001. For the longer term, the Navy plans to transitio…
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