Fiscal Year 2001 Military Budget at a Glance
January 1, 2001
For more information contact: Christopher Hellman, chellman@armscontrolcenter.org
| Military budget request for FY 2001 (Budget Authority) | $305.4 billion $12.1 billion increase from FY 2000 |
| Projected military spending for FY 2001 (Outlays) | $291.2 billion $.6 billion increase from FY 2000 |
(N.B. Above figures are 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 MILITARY BUDGET REQUEST
1. The military budget continues to rise, from $293 billion in fiscal year (FY) 2000 budget authority to the requested $305 billion in FY 2001, an increase of $12 billion. Republicans say they will add more this year. The Administration projects an increase to $368 billion in FY 2009.
2. The five-year Pentagon request from FY 2001 - 2005 comes to $1.6 trillion.
3. Despite the controversy last year over the F-22 fighter jets, when the House initially cut out procurement funds, it is full speed ahead in FY 2001, with the President asking for $4 billion for 10 planes plus continued research.
4. The Pentagon recently added $2.3 billion for National Missile Defense deployment over the next five years, bringing the total over that period to $12.7 billion -- with an anticipated deployment decision scheduled this summer. The FY 2001 request for National Missile Defense is $1.9 billion; all forms of missile defense $4.7 billion.
5. The Pentagon is asking Congress to authorize two more rounds of base closings in 2003 and 2005, even though Congress refused the request the last three years. The Pentagon estimates $3 billion annual savings if the bases are closed.
6. The Pentagon has reached is long-stated goal of $60 billion for procurement of new weapons systems. However, the Congressional Budget Office estimates that DOD will need $90 billion a year to fund all its weapons programs. The new budget makes no attempt to cut back unaffordable weapons: current Pentagon plans call for spending $440 billion for five new aircraft programs: Joint Strike Fighter ($250 billion), F-22 ($63 billion), F/A-18 E/F ($47 billion), Comanche helicopter ($43 billion), and V-22 ($36 billion).
1. STRATEGIC NUCLEAR PROGRAM REQUESTS IN FY 2001 BUDGET
B-2 bomber: $145 million (to continue work on 21 planes, made in CA, WA & OH)
Trident II (D-5 missile): $496 million (12 new missiles, made in CA)
- Ballistic Missile Defense: $4.7 billion
- $1,916 million - National Missile Defense
- $ 550 million - THAAD (Theater High Altitude Area Defense)
- $ 447 million - Patriot PAC3 theater defense
- $ 274 million - Navy Area
- $ 383 million - Navy theater wide defense
- $ 149 million - Airborne laser
2. MAJOR CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS REQUESTS (in millions of dollars)
| FY 2000 | FY 2001 | WEAPONS PROGRAMS (state of prime contractors in parentheses) |
| $3,060 | $3,081 | F/A-18 E/F Navy Super Hornet - (42 planes made in MA, MO, MD & CA) |
| $2,226 | $3,958 | F-22 Air Force advanced fighter (10 planes made in GA, TX, WA and FL) |
| $ 489 | $ 857 | JSF Navy-Air Force-Marine Joint Strike Fighter (Competition in WA, MD, FL) |
| $1,207 | $1,843 | V-22 Osprey - (20 planes made in TX, PA and IN) |
| $ 463 | $ 614 | RAH-66 Army Comanche light helicopter (made in CT, PA, AZ, IN) |
| $ 827 | $ 775 | AH-64 Longbow Apache helicopter (made in MD) |
| $3,540 | $3,081 | C-17 Air Force airlift aircraft - (12 planes made in CA and CT) |
| $ 250 | $ 436 | C-130J cargo aircraft (4 planes made in GA and IN) |
| $ 507 | $ 427 | E-8C Joint STARS airborne radar system - (1 plane made in FL) |
| $ 422 | $ 149 | F-16 Air Force Falcon - (0 aircraft made in TX, CT and OH) |
| $1,119 | $2,032 | NSSN New Attack Submarine (1 sub made in CT and VA) |
| $3,006 | $3,386 | DDG-51 Navy Aegis destroyer - (3 destroyers made in ME and MS) |
| $1,518 | $1,536 | LPD-17 Navy transport dock ship (2 ships made in LA, ME, CA & AL) |
| $ 998 | $4,377 | CVN-77 aircraft carrier (1 carrier made in VA) |
Source: Program Acquisition Costs by Weapons System, Department of Defense Budget for Fiscal Year 2001, February 2000
3. MOST EXPENSIVE WEAPONS SYSTEMS - TOTAL PROGRAM COSTS
| $ 250.0 billion | JSF Navy-Air Force-Marine Joint Strike Fighter | 2,852 planes |
| $ 65.2 billion | NSSN Navy New Attack Submarine | 30 submarines |
| $ 62.7 billion | F-22 Air Force advanced tactical fighter | 341 planes |
| $ 54.0 billion | DDG-51 Navy AEGIS destroyer | 57 ships |
| $ 47.0 billion | F/A-18 E/F Navy Super Hornet | 548 planes |
| $ 44.9 billion | C-17 Air Force airlift aircraft | 134 planes |
| $ 44.4 billion | B-2 Air Force bomber | 21 planes |
| $ 43.0 billion | RAH-66 Army Comanche helicopter | 1,292 helicopters |
| $ 36.2 billion | V-22 Navy Osprey | 458 planes |
| $ 27.4 billion | D-5 Navy Trident II missile | 453 missiles |
| $ 13.4 billion | Seawolf submarine | 3 submarines |
| $ 9.9 billion | LPD-17 Navy transport dock ship | 12 ships |
| $ 5.2 billion | CVN-77 nuclear aircraft carrier | 1 ship |
Source: Selected Acquisition Reports, September 30, 1999; JSF and Comanche cost estimates from CBO
4. DOD ACTIVE DUTY, RESERVE AND CIVILIAN PERSONNEL IN FISCAL 2001
1,381,600 active military personnel
865,700 selected reserve
683,000 Defense Department civilians
2,930,300 TOTAL MILITARY, RESERVE AND CIVILIANS IN FY 2001
5. FORCE LEVELS IN FY 2001 BUDGET
10 active and 8 guard divisions (down from 18 and 10 in 1990)
3 active & 1 reserve Marine Corps divisions (no reductions)
12 active aircraft carriers (down from 15 in 1990)
316 total ships
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
12.6 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 1999 | $292.1 billion | FY 1999 | $274.9 billion | |
| FY 2000 | $293.3 billion | FY 2000 | $290.6 billion | |
| FY 2001 | $305.4 billion | FY 2001 | $291.2 billion | |
| FY 2002 | $309.2 billion | FY 2002 | $298.4 billion | |
| FY 2003 | $315.6 billion | FY 2003 | $307.4 billion | |
| FY 2004 | $323.4 billion | FY 2004 | $316.5 billion | |
| FY 2005 | $331.7 billion | FY 2005 | $330.7 billion | |
| 5 year total B.A. from FY 2001-2005 = $1.6 trillion | 5 year total outlays from FY 2001-2005 = $1.5 trillion | |||
8. PRIMARY CATEGORIES OF FUNCTION 050 (NATIONAL DEFENSE) OF THE FEDERAL BUDGET
FY 2001 budget authority
$291.1 billion - Pentagon
$ 14.3 billion - Department of Energy nuclear weapons activities and other
$305.4 billion
FY 2001 outlays
$277.5 billion - Pentagon
$ 13.7 billion - Department of Energy nuclear weapons activities and other
$291.2 billion
9. OTHER POINTS OF INTEREST IN THE FISCAL 2001 BUDGET
- The FY 2001 budget for the "Nunn-Lugar" Cooperative Threat Reduction program in the DOD budget is $458.4 million, about the same total as last year. This funding assists the former Soviet Union to dismantle nuclear weapons. There is additional funding in the Department of Energy Department.
- There will be a supplemental budget request for FY 2000 for overseas contingencies, particularly for Kosovo. The FY 2001 budget includes $4.2 billion for U.S. troops in Kosovo, Bosnia, and Southwest Asia.
- The Pentagon requested a 3.7% pay increase for the military.
10. POTENTIAL CUTS IN THE MILITARY BUDGET
1. Divert the $5 billion in pork spending that Members of Congress insist on each year.
2. Abandon the requirement to prepare for two major wars almost simultaneously.
3. Eliminate Cold War weapons, including at least one of the three new tactical aircraft programs and the New Attack Submarine.
4. Reduce the U.S. nuclear weapons force to the START III level of 2,500 or below whether or not the Russians approve START II and START III, at a Congressional Budget Office estimated savings of about $1.5 billion per year.
5. Cut force levels by at least 200,000. Between active duty, reserve and Pentagon civilians, the Pentagon will still have almost three million personnel.
6. Close unnecessary military bases to save $3 billion a year.
Glossary
| 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 current or prior fiscal years |
| DOD | Department of Defense |
| DOE | Department of Energy |
| FY | Fiscal Year, from October 1 through September 30 |
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For more information contact: Christopher Hellman, chellman@armscontrolcenter.org