Monday, March 14, 2011

CBO Testified on the Navy’s Shipbuilding Plans


Yesterday CBO senior analyst Eric Labs testified before the House Armed Services Committee’s Subcommittee on Seapower and Projections Forces to discuss the challenges that the Navy is facing in its plans for building its future fleet.
The testimony focused on the costs and force structure implications of the 30-year shipbuilding plan that the Navy released last year. It did not address in detail the Navy’s 2012 10-year plan, which was released last week. CBO has not yet performed a detailed analysis of the new plan; however, because the differences between the two plans appear to be minor, CBO’s discussion of the long-term affordability of the Navy’s shipbuilding program encompassed some specifics about the 2012 plan:3


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