Options for Strategic Military Transportation Systems

The Administration’s strategy for national defense emphasizes the ability to respond rapidly to military crises wherever they might arise. To that end, the Department of Defense (DoD) is pursuing a variety of initiatives designed to reduce the time necessary to deploy combat forces around the world. Those initiatives include ongoing production of C-17 transport aircraft by the Air Force, development of concepts for the sea basing of military forces by the Navy and Marine Corps, and development of lighter, more easily transportable combat vehicles by the Army as part of its Future Combat Systems program. This Congressional Budget Office (CBO) study—prepared at the request of the Readiness Subcommittee of the House Committee on Armed Services—looks at the technical, operational, and cost issues associated with alternative transportation systems that DoD might develop and procure to reduce the time needed to deploy forces. The study compares the advantages, disadvantages, and costs of six transportation alternatives: four that would use existing technologies and two that would develop more-advanced systems. In keeping with CBO’s mandate to provide objective, impartial analysis, this study makes no recommendations.

• Record URL:
  http://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/09-27-strategicmobility.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  Congressional Budget Office

  2nd and D Streets, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20515
• Authors:
  • Arthur, David
  • Gilmore, J Michael
  • Newman, David
  • Wheelock, Jason
  • Vines, Jo Ann
• Publication Date: 2005-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 65p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Costs; Deployment; Light vehicles; Military aircraft; Military sealift; Military transportation; Military vehicles; National defense; Strategic planning; Technology
• Identifier Terms: U.S. Department of Defense; United States Air Force; United States Army; United States Marine Corps; United States Navy
• Uncontrolled Terms: Advantages; Disadvantages
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Aviation; Finance; Highways; Marine Transportation; Security and Emergencies; Society; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01006001
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 11 2005 12:07PM