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Please note that the numbers used in this document are for the purposes of this simulation only.
FY 2018 Proposed National Defense Spending Allocations
Major itemized allocations:
Total operations and maintenance: $ 252 billion
Total personnel (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, National Guard): 145 billion
Total federal procurement of aircrafts, ships, weapons, ammo, some examples: 113 billion
F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, 70 aircraft; $10.3 billion
KC-46 Tanker, 15 aircraft; $3.1 billion
B-21 Bomber, $2.0 billion
Virginia Class Submarine, 2 ships; $5.5 billion
DDG-51 Destroyers, 2 ships, $4.0 billion
CVN-78 Class Aircraft Carrier, 1 ship, $4.6 billion
Total R&D, test and evaluation of weapons: 76 billion
Operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Counterterrorism*: 65 billion
Nuclear defense activities: 22 billion
Military construction 8 billion
FBI – defense related activities: 5 billion
*President Trump requested approximately $65 billion for overseas operations in Afghanistan, Iraq and
Syria and other global counterterrorism operations--including operations against the Islamic State (IS).
Approximately 11,000 U.S. troops currently remain in Afghanistan. (Historically, it has cost
approximately $10 billion annually for every 10,000 troops deployed in Afghanistan or Iraq.)
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FY 2018 Proposed National Defense Spending Allocations
Major itemized allocations:
Total operations and maintenance: $ 252 billion
Total personnel (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, National Guard): 145 billion
Total federal procurement of aircrafts, ships, weapons, ammo, some examples: 113 billion
F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, 70 aircraft; $10.3 billion
KC-46 Tanker, 15 aircraft; $3.1 billion
B-21 Bomber, $2.0 billion
Virginia Class Submarine, 2 ships; $5.5 billion
DDG-51 Destroyers, 2 ships, $4.0 billion
CVN-78 Class Aircraft Carrier, 1 ship, $4.6 billion
Total R&D, test and evaluation of weapons: 76 billion
Operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Counterterrorism*: 65 billion
Nuclear defense activities: 22 billion
Military construction 8 billion
FBI – defense related activities: 5 billion
*President Trump requested approximately $65 billion for overseas operations in Afghanistan, Iraq and
Syria and other global counterterrorism operations--including operations against the Islamic State (IS).
Approximately 11,000 U.S. troops currently remain in Afghanistan. (Historically, it has cost
approximately $10 billion annually for every 10,000 troops deployed in Afghanistan or Iraq.)