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Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Trident nuclear missile, C-5 cargo jet top DOD upgrade and technology-insertion plans for 2013

Trident II (D5) - UGM-133Defense systems upgrades and technology-insertion programs, which are in place to keep today's military ships, ground, vehicles, aircraft, and other platforms in the field for as long as possible while improving system capability, represents a $14.44 billion market in the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) 2013 budget request submitted to Congress last week.

Proposed spending of $14.44 billion for military systems upgrades in the 2013 DOD budget for procurement and research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) is up slightly from current-year spending levels of $14.21 billion, but down from 2011 spending of $15.19 billion.

These numbers are derived from a line-by-line analysis of the 2013 DOD budget request for procurement and RDT&E, and do not reflect potential spending in the Pentagon's operations and maintenance or other budget requests, and do not reflect budget line items in which systems upgrades and military technology-insertion content is not apparent.

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