Alternatives for modernizing the Navy's sealift force.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Congressional Budget Office, author.

Labs, Eric Jackson, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Navy. Military Sea Transportation Service--Planning.

United States.

United States. Navy. Military Sea Transportation Service.

Military sealift--United States--Costs.

Military sealift.

Military planning--United States.

Military planning.

Military sealift--United States--Planning.

Armed Forces--Planning.

Military sealift--Planning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (12 pages) : color illustrations

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : Congress of the United States, Congressional Budget Office, 2019.

Summary:

CBO estimates that the Navy's plan to modernize and operate its sealift ships over the next 30 years would cost roughly $39 billion. In this report, CBO explores four alternatives that would vary in cost from $34 billion to $40 billion.

Contents:

Summary.

Background.

The Navy's sealift plan. The Navy's cost estimates for its sealfit plan. CBO's cost estimates for the Navy's sealift plan.

Four alternatives to the Navy's plan. Alternative 1: Buy more large new ships.

Alternative 2: Buy more small new ships. Alternative 3: Buy more used ships. Alternative 4: Use chartered ships.

Comparing CBO's alternatives with the Navy's plan. Number of ships. Militarily useful square footage. Average age of the force and its militarily useful square footage. Total costs.

Notes:

Description based on online resource, PDF version; title from cover (CBO, viewed November 7, 2019).

"October 2019."

"Eric J. Labs wrote the report"--About this document page.

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Print version: Labs, Eric J. Alternatives for modernizing the Navy's sealift force

OCLC:

1126650481