Defense Budget and Acquisition

The Defense Budget Analysis Program, the Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group, and the Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy track the foremost budget issues in the defense policy sphere.

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What a Government Shutdown Would Mean for Defense Funding in FY 2025

The continuing resolution that the federal government and Department of Defense currently operate under for FY 2025 will expire on Friday, March 14. Unless Congress passes another CR or full-year appropriations, DOD will face a government shutdown.

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Critical Questions by Seamus P. Daniels — March 13, 2025

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Gregory Sanders

Former Deputy Director, Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group and Senior Fellow, Defense and Security Department

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Defense Outlook 2016: What to Know, What to Expect

Defense Outlook 2016: What to Know, What to Expect is an annual review of what happened in the U.S. Department of Defense in 2015 and what CSIS experts are looking for in 2016.

Report by Mark F. Cancian, Todd Harrison, and Kathleen H. Hicks — January 26, 2016

Defense Modernization Plans through the 2020s

Since the enactment of the Budget Control Act (BCA) of 2011, much attention has been paid to the near-term effects of budgetary constraints on national defense.

Report by Todd Harrison — January 26, 2016

Defense Acquisition Trends, 2015

Acquisition, Budgets, Force Structure, and Strategy all have critical distinctions and underlying interlinkages.

Report by Gregory Sanders, Kaitlyn Johnson, Andrew Philip Hunter, Rhys McCormick, Jesse E. Ellman, and Gabriel Coll — January 26, 2016

Alternative Defense Strategies in a Cost-Capped Environment

Alternative Defense Strategies in a Cost-Capped Environment examines the U.S. Defense Department’s options for strategy and forces if resources are constrained below currently planned levels.

Report by Mark F. Cancian, Clark A. Murdock, and Ryan Crotty — January 4, 2016