Fiscal Year 1999 Military Budget at a Glance
January 1, 1999
For more information contact: Christopher Hellman, chellman@armscontrolcenter.org
| Military budget request for FY 1999 | $270.6 billion |
| Projected military spending for FY 1999 | $265.5 billion |
(N.B. Above figures called "National Defense" or "050" in the federal budget; they include Pentagon budget plus the intelligence budget, Department of Energy military programs and a few smaller programs.)
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NEW BUDGET REQUEST
1. Current Pentagon plans call for spending $460 billion or more for five new aircraft programs: Joint Strike Fighter ($219 billion), F/A-18 E/F ($79 billion), F-22 ($71 billion), V-22 ($45 billion) and Comanche helicopter ($48 billion). The Pentagon has requested $8 billion for the five programs in fiscal 1999.
2. The Pentagon is requesting $4.0 billion for Star Wars in fiscal 1999 and $16.8 billion in the next five years.
3. Around mid-March, the Pentagon will seek an emergency supplemental for fiscal 1998; most of the funds will be for Bosnia, and some for operations around Iraq. That supplemental could also provide the legislative vehicle for fights over U.N. funding, the IMF, Department of State reorganization, disaster relief, overseas family planning policy and other controversial issues.
4. Secretary Cohen is asking Congress to approve two new rounds of base closings even though Congress refused to approve the request last year.
5. The Administration permitted the Pentagon to keep about $21 billion over five years due to lower-than-anticipated inflation savings rather than return the money to taxpayers.
This is a consistent pattern of new money for the Pentagon:
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Last year, the Administration added $7 billion to the Pentagon's 5-year budget and allowed the Pentagon to keep $4 billion in inflation savings.
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In 1996, the Pentagon was permitted $30.5 billion in new purchasing power over six years -- courtesy of lower-than-expected inflation rates.
- In December 1994, President Clinton added $25 billion over six years to the Pentagon budget to fund readiness increases, military pay raises and quality of life improvements.
- In December 1993, the President added $11.4 billion to the military budget over 5 years to cover pay raises.
1. STRATEGIC NUCLEAR PROGRAM REQUESTS IN FY 1999 BUDGET
| B-2 bomber: | $376.3 million | (to continue work on first 21 planes, made in California, Washington and Ohio) |
| Trident II (D-5 missile): | $385.6 million | (5 new missiles, made in California) |
| Ballistic Missile Defense: | $4.0 billion | |
| $950.5 million | National Missile Defense | |
| $821.7 million | THAAD | |
| $480.6 million | Patriot PAC3 | |
| $289.1 million | Navy Area | |
| $292.2 million | Airborne laser |
2. MAJOR CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS REQUESTS (in millions of dollars)
| FY 1998 | FY 1999 | WEAPONS PROGRAMS (state of prime contractors in parentheses) |
| $2,455.7 | $3,275.3 | Navy F/A-18 E/F Hornet upgraded aircraft - (30 planes made in MA, MO & CA) |
| $1,206.1 | $1,069.8 | V-22 Osprey - (7 planes made in TX, PA and IN) |
| $2,032.1 | $2,393.1 | F-22 Air Force advanced tactical fighter (2 planes made in GA, TX, WA and FL) |
| $2,909.1 | $2,302.5 | New attack submarine (1 sub made in CT and VA) |
| $628.0 | $550.9 | Milstar communication satellite (made in CA) |
| $272.2 | $367.8 | RAH-66 Army Comanche light helicopter (made in CT, PA, AZ, IN) |
| $512.9 | $633.7 | AH-64 Longbow Apache helicopter (made in MD and AZ) |
| $905.0 | $919.5 | Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) |
| $2,312.3 | $3,206.9 | Air Force C-17 airlift aircraft - (13 planes made in CA and CT) |
| $3,659.3 | $2,904.3 | Navy DDG-51 Aegis destroyer - (3 destroyers made in ME and MS) |
| $536.3 | $654.4 | E-8C Joint STARS airborne radar system - (2 planes made in FL) |
| $361.8 | $104.2 | Air Force F-15E Eagle - 0 aircraft (made in MO and CT) |
| $176.0 | $125.1 | Air Force F-16 Falcon - 0 aircraft (made in TX, CT and OH) |
| $634.4 | $691.8 | Abrams (M1) tank upgrade program (120 tanks in MI) |
| Source for item 2: Program Acquisition Costs by Weapons System, Department of Defense Budget for Fiscal Year 1999, February 1998 | ||
3. MOST EXPENSIVE WEAPONS SYSTEMS - TOTAL PROGRAM COSTS
| $ 219.0 billion | Navy-Air Force Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) | 3,000 planes |
| $ 79.5 billion | Navy F/A-18 E/F Hornet | 1,000 planes |
| $ 70.9 billion | F-22 Air Force advanced tactical fighter | 440 planes |
| $ 67.0 billion | Navy New Attack Submarine | 30 submarines |
| $ 56.5 billion | Navy DDG-51 AEGIS destroyer | 57 ships |
| $ 48.0 billion | Army Comanche helicopter | 1,292 helicopters |
| $ 45.5 billion | Navy V-22 Osprey | 523 planes |
| $ 44.4 billion | Air Force B-2 bomber | 21 planes |
| $ 41.4 billion | Air Force C-17 airlift aircraft | 120 planes |
| $ 27.5 billion | Navy Trident II (D-5) missile | 462 missiles |
| $ 5.4 billion | CVN-77 nuclear aircraft carrier | 1 ship |
[Source for most weapons in item 3: Selected Acquisition Reports, September 30, 1997; JSF and Comanche cost estimates from CBO]
4. DOD ACTIVE DUTY, RESERVE AND CIVILIAN PERSONNEL IN FISCAL 1999
| 1,396,000 | active military personnel |
| 877,000 | selected reserve |
| 747,000 | Defense Department civilians |
| 3,020,000 | TOTAL MILITARY, RESERVE AND CIVILIANS IN FY 1999 |
5. FORCE LEVELS IN FY 1999 BUDGET
10 active and 8 guard divisions (down from 18 and 10 in 1990)
3 active & 1 reserve Marine Corps divisions (no reductions)
12 aircraft carriers (down from 15 in 1990)
57 submarines (down from 93 in 1990)
116 surface combatants (down from 209 in 1990)
10 active and 1 reserve Navy carrier air wings (down from 13 and 2 in 1990)
3 active and 1 reserve Marine Corps air wings
12.7 active and 7.6 reserve Air Force fighter wings (down from 24 and 12 in 1990)
| 6. FUTURE YEAR MILITARY BUDGET AUTHORITY (Function 050) | 7. FUTURE YEAR MILITARY OUTLAYS (Function 050) | |||
| FY 1998 | $267.6 billion | FY 1998 | $264.1 billion | |
| FY 1999 | $270.6 billion | FY 1999 | $265.5 billion | |
| FY 2000 | $275.9 billion | FY 2000 | $268.7 billion | |
| FY 2001 | $283.8 billion | FY 2001 | $269.8 billion | |
| FY 2002 | $287.1 billion | FY 2002 | $272.1 billion | |
| FY 2003 | $297.1 billion | FY 2003 | $288.5 billion | |
| 5 year total B.A. from FY 1999-2003 = $1.4 trillion | 5 year total B.A. from FY 1999-2003 = $1.4 trillion | |||
8. PRIMARY CATEGORIES OF FUNCTION 050 (NATIONAL DEFENSE) OF THE FEDERAL BUDGET
| FY 1999 budget authority | |
| $257.3 billion | Pentagon |
| $ 13.3 billion | Department of Energy nuclear weapons activities and other |
| $ 270.6 billion | |
| FY 1999 outlays | |
| $ 252.6 billion | Pentagon |
| $ 12.9 billion | Department of Energy nuclear weapons activities and other |
| $ 265.5 billion | |
9. OTHER PROGRAM OF INTEREST IN FISCAL 1999
$464 million - "Nunn-Lugar" Cooperative Threat Reduction program to assist the former Soviet Union to dismantle nuclear weapons (plus an estimated $180 million in the Department of Energy budget
10. DIRTY DOZEN: 12 PENTAGON PROGRAMS TO CUT
| 1. | Cut Ballistic Missile Defense and Save ABM Treaty |
| 2. | Reject NATO expansion |
| 3. | Reduce Nuclear Force Level |
| 4. | Cancel unneeded tactical aircraft modernization programs (F-22, F/A-18E/F and RAH-66 "Comanche" helicopter) |
| 5. | Stop B-2 Bomber at 21 planes |
| 6. | Eliminate Pentagon's two-war requirement |
| 7. | Reduce Nuclear Weapons Activities |
| 8. | Reduce Foreign Intelligence Budget |
| 9. | Cancel the Next Aircraft Carrier (CVN-77); cut to ten aircraft carriers |
| 10. | Cancel New Attack Submarine |
| 11. | Discontinue Trident II (D-5) Missile Procurement and Submarine Backfit |
| 12. | Cut Taxpayer Subsidies for Arms Transfers |
| Military budget | Military spending contained in the Pentagon budget, intelligence budget, Department of Energy military programs, and a few smaller programs |
| BA | Budget Authority: represents the total amount that Congress makes available to an agency through authorizations and appropriations in a Fiscal Year |
| Outlays | Amount an agency actually spends, money that has been approved in the current or prior fiscal years |
| DOD | Department of Defense |
| DOE | Department of Energy |
| FY | Fiscal Year, from October 1 through September 30 |
| Real increase | Total increase adjusted for inflation |