{"id":194760,"date":"2023-12-04T05:57:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T03:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ceoworld.biz\/?p=194760"},"modified":"2023-12-04T05:57:00","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T03:57:00","slug":"future-weapons-america-is-spending-billions-on-research-and-development-rd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ceoworld.biz\/2023\/12\/04\/future-weapons-america-is-spending-billions-on-research-and-development-rd\/","title":{"rendered":"Future Weapons America Is Spending Billions On Research And Development (R&#038;D)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In August 2023, the United States Navy announced it would prolong the service life of four Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, keeping them operational until the 2030s. The decision was made in conjunction with the Navy&#8217;s contract with General Dynamics and HII to manufacture nine of the latest variants of Arleigh Burkes, known as Flight III.<\/p>\n<p>Like the latest models of an iPhone or a Ford F-150 truck, each new Arleigh Burke warship is equipped with state-of-the-art technological capabilities resulting from extensive research and development (R&amp;D), testing, and evaluation. However, unlike commercial products, upgrading or introducing new weapons systems is a costly process, often significantly more expensive than building, delivering, and deploying them.<\/p>\n<p>CEOWORLD magazine has identified the 30 weapons that the United States is investing billions of dollars in for research and development. The data was reviewed from the United States Department of Defense Budget FY 2024 Request, which reveals that the Department plans to spend at least $700 million on research, testing, and evaluation for these 30 defense systems in the three fiscal years ending in September 2024. The weapons have been ranked in order of total RDT&amp;E spending for those three years.<\/p>\n<p>In particular, the most advanced weapons programs are the most expensive to maintain. For instance, the RDT&amp;E spending on upgrading an existing system, Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, amounted to over $700 million in the last three years. The U.S. Navy has been purchasing these destroyers since 1985 and has spent a total of $17.3 billion on the program over the last three years, making it the fourth most expensive program. The two most expensive U.S. defense systems, based on total spending over the three financial years ending in 2024, are Lockheed Martin\u2019s Virginia-class attack submarine and the F-35 joint-strike fighter jet.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S Navy has been purchasing two nuclear-powered Virginia-class general-purpose submarines every year since 2011, at a cost of $3 billion per sub. According to the Congressional Research Service, this procurement has totaled almost $25 billion over three years, including nearly $1 billion in research, development, testing, and evaluation expenses.<\/p>\n<p>The largest procurement program of the DOD is the F-35 fighter program, whose planes are used by the Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps, as well as the armed forces of several other nations. Total spending on the F-35 program will top $37 billion in the three years ending in 2024, including $6.7 billion in RDT&amp;E spending over that time.<\/p>\n<p>The costliest U.S. defense program based on current RDT&amp;E spending is the Overhead Persistent Infrared Space Based Missile Warning System. The OPIR polar-orbiting satellites will soon replace the existing network of satellite-based infrared sensors. But the system isn\u2019t cheap. RDT&amp;E spending in the three fiscal years through FY2024 will total nearly $11.8 billion for a total spending of $12.2 billion in this three-year period.<\/p>\n<p>Another weapons system the DOD is spending the most on in RDT&amp;E over the three years ending in 2024 is the LGM-35A Sentinel ballistic missile, which will replace the aging LGM-30 Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile, which carry nuclear warheads. The DOD RDT&amp;E spending on the Sentinel in FY 2022-2024 is $9.8 billion, for a total program spending during that time of $10.4 billion. The Sentinel ICBM would modernize the land-based leg of the U.S. nuclear triad.<\/p>\n<p>America is spending millions of dollars on the R&amp;D of the following 30 weapons:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong> OPIR Space Based Missile Warning Systems<br \/>\n<\/strong>R&amp;D, testing, and evaluation budget, FY 2022-2024: $11.8 billion<br \/>\nTotal program spending, FY2022-FY2024: $12.2 billion<br \/>\nType: Warning system<br \/>\nService branches: Space Force<br \/>\nPrimary contractor(s): Integrated Defense Systems<\/li>\n<li><strong>LGM-35A Sentinel<br \/>\n<\/strong>R&amp;D, testing, and evaluation budget, FY 2022-2024: $9.8 billion<br \/>\nTotal program spending, FY2022-FY2024: $10.4 billion<br \/>\nType: Ballistic missile<br \/>\nService branches: Air Force<br \/>\nPrimary contractor(s): Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, Boeing Defense<\/li>\n<li><strong>Satellite Communications (SATCOM) Projects<br \/>\n<\/strong>R&amp;D, testing, and evaluation budget, FY 2022-2024: $9.1 billion<br \/>\nTotal program spending, FY2022-FY2024: $11.0 billion<br \/>\nType: Satellite<br \/>\nService branches: Space Force<br \/>\nPrimary contractor(s): Boeing<\/li>\n<li><strong> B-21 Raider<br \/>\n<\/strong>R&amp;D, testing, and evaluation budget, FY 2022-2024: $8.9 billion<br \/>\nTotal program spending, FY2022-FY2024: $13.0 billion<br \/>\nType: Plane<br \/>\nService branches: Air Force<br \/>\nPrimary contractor(s): Oshkosh Defense, AM General<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cyberspace Activities<br \/>\n<\/strong>R&amp;D, testing, and evaluation budget, FY 2022-2024: $8.2 billion<br \/>\nTotal program spending, FY2022-FY2024: $10.7 billion<br \/>\nType: Cybersecurity<br \/>\nService branches: Joint Service<br \/>\nPrimary contractor(s): Various<\/li>\n<li><strong> Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD)<br \/>\n<\/strong>R&amp;D, testing, and evaluation budget, FY 2022-2024: $7.3 billion<br \/>\nTotal program spending, FY2022-FY2024: $7.3 billion<br \/>\nType: Missile defense system<br \/>\nService branches: Joint Service<br \/>\nPrimary contractor(s): Raytheon Missiles &amp; Defense<\/li>\n<li><strong> F-35 Joint Strike Fighter<br \/>\n<\/strong>R&amp;D, testing, and evaluation budget, FY 2022-2024: $6.7 billion<br \/>\nTotal program spending, FY2022-FY2024: $37.4 billion<br \/>\nType: Fighter jet<br \/>\nService branches: Joint Service<br \/>\nPrimary contractor(s): Lockheed Martin<\/li>\n<li><strong> Global Positioning System Enterprise<br \/>\n<\/strong>R&amp;D, testing, and evaluation budget, FY 2022-2024: $3.0 billion<br \/>\nTotal program spending, FY2022-FY2024: $5.0 billion<br \/>\nType: GPS<br \/>\nService branches: Space Force<br \/>\nPrimary contractor(s): Various<\/li>\n<li><strong> B-1, B-2, B-52 Bombers<br \/>\n<\/strong>R&amp;D, testing, and evaluation budget, FY 2022-2024: $2.7 billion<br \/>\nTotal program spending, FY2022-FY2024: $3.3 billion<br \/>\nType: Plane<br \/>\nService branches: Air Force<br \/>\nPrimary contractor(s): Northrop Grumman<\/li>\n<li><strong> Long Range Stand-Off Weapon (LRSO)<br \/>\n<\/strong>R&amp;D, testing, and evaluation budget, FY 2022-2024: $2.4 billion<br \/>\nTotal program spending, FY2022-FY2024: $2.5 billion<br \/>\nType: Missile<br \/>\nService branches: Air Force<br \/>\nPrimary contractor(s): Raytheon<\/li>\n<li><strong> Aegis Sea-Based Weapons System<br \/>\n<\/strong>R&amp;D, testing, and evaluation budget, FY 2022-2024: $2.4 billion<br \/>\nTotal program spending, FY2022-FY2024: $5.3 billion<br \/>\nType: Missile system<br \/>\nService branches: Joint Service<br \/>\nPrimary contractor(s): Boeing<\/li>\n<li><strong> F-22 Raptor<br \/>\n<\/strong>R&amp;D, testing, and evaluation budget, FY 2022-2024: $1.9 billion<br \/>\nTotal program spending, FY2022-FY2024: $3.9 billion<br \/>\nType: Fighter jet<br \/>\nService branches: Air Force<br \/>\nPrimary contractor(s): Boeing<\/li>\n<li><strong> Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle (OMFV)<br \/>\n<\/strong>R&amp;D, testing, and evaluation budget, FY 2022-2024: $1.7 billion<br \/>\nTotal program spending, FY2022-FY2024: $1.7 billion<br \/>\nType: Vehicle<br \/>\nService branches: Army<br \/>\nPrimary contractor(s): To be determined<\/li>\n<li><strong> PATRIOT \/ PAC\u20133 PATRIOT Advanced Capability<br \/>\n<\/strong>R&amp;D, testing, and evaluation budget, FY 2022-2024: $1.5 billion<br \/>\nTotal program spending, FY2022-FY2024: $2.8 billion<br \/>\nType: Missile system<br \/>\nService branches: Army<br \/>\nPrimary contractor(s): Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman<\/li>\n<li><strong>E-2D Advanced Hawkeye<br \/>\n<\/strong>R&amp;D, testing, and evaluation budget, FY 2022-2024: $1.2 billion<br \/>\nTotal program spending, FY2022-FY2024: $3.5 billion<br \/>\nType: Plane<br \/>\nService branches: Navy \/ Marine Corps<br \/>\nPrimary contractor(s): Northrop Grumman, Rolls-Royce, Lockheed Martin<\/li>\n<li><strong>E-7A Airborne Warning and Control System Replacement<br \/>\n<\/strong>R&amp;D, testing, and evaluation budget, FY 2022-2024: $1.1 billion<br \/>\nTotal program spending, FY2022-FY2024: $1.1 billion<br \/>\nType: Plane<br \/>\nService branches: Air Force<br \/>\nPrimary contractor(s): Boeing<\/li>\n<li><strong> SSBN 826 Columbia Class Ballistic Missile Submarine<br \/>\n<\/strong>R&amp;D, testing, and evaluation budget, FY 2022-2024: $1.1 billion<br \/>\nTotal program spending, FY2022-FY2024: $17.6 billion<br \/>\nType: Submarine<br \/>\nService branches: Navy<br \/>\nPrimary contractor(s): Bechtel National<\/li>\n<li><strong> Standard Missile-6<br \/>\n<\/strong>R&amp;D, testing, and evaluation budget, FY 2022-2024: $1.1 billion<br \/>\nTotal program spending, FY2022-FY2024: $3.3 billion<br \/>\nType: Missile<br \/>\nService branches: Navy<br \/>\nPrimary contractor(s): Boeing Defense and Space<\/li>\n<li><strong> VC-25B Presidential Aircraft<br \/>\n<\/strong>R&amp;D, testing, and evaluation budget, FY 2022-2024: $1.0 billion<br \/>\nTotal program spending, FY2022-FY2024: $1. billion<br \/>\nType: Plane<br \/>\nService branches: Air Force<br \/>\nPrimary contractor(s): Boeing<\/li>\n<li><strong> SSN 774 Virginia Class Submarine<br \/>\n<\/strong>R&amp;D, testing, and evaluation budget, FY 2022-2024: $994.7 million<br \/>\nTotal program spending, FY2022-FY2024: $25.0 billion<br \/>\nType: Submarine<br \/>\nService branches: Navy<br \/>\nPrimary contractor(s): General Dynamics, Huntington Ingalls<\/li>\n<li><strong> F\/A-18 Super Hornet<br \/>\n<\/strong>R&amp;D, testing, and evaluation budget, FY 2022-2024: $916.8 million<br \/>\nTotal program spending, FY2022-FY2024: $6.1 billion<br \/>\nType: Fighter jet<br \/>\nService branches: Navy \/ Marine Corps<br \/>\nPrimary contractor(s): Sikorsky Aircraft, General Electric<\/li>\n<li><strong> F-15 Eagle<br \/>\n<\/strong>R&amp;D, testing, and evaluation budget, FY 2022-2024: $848.9 million<br \/>\nTotal program spending, FY2022-FY2024: $8.8 billion<br \/>\nType: Fighter jet<br \/>\nService branches: Air Force<br \/>\nPrimary contractor(s): Lockheed Martin<\/li>\n<li><strong> Trident II Ballistic Missile Modifications<br \/>\n<\/strong>R&amp;D, testing, and evaluation budget, FY 2022-2024: $825 million<br \/>\nTotal program spending, FY2022-FY2024: $5.2 billion<br \/>\nType: Ballistic missile<br \/>\nService branches: Navy<br \/>\nPrimary contractor(s): Lockheed Martin<\/li>\n<li><strong> MQ-4C \/ RQ-4 Triton\/Global Hawk\/NATO AGS<br \/>\n<\/strong>R&amp;D, testing, and evaluation budget, FY 2022-2024: $796.5 million<br \/>\nTotal program spending, FY2022-FY2024: $2.6 billion<br \/>\nType: Drone<br \/>\nService branches: Joint Service<br \/>\nPrimary contractor(s): Northrop Grumman<\/li>\n<li><strong> Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD)<br \/>\n<\/strong>R&amp;D, testing, and evaluation budget, FY 2022-2024: $774.6 million<br \/>\nTotal program spending, FY2022-FY2024: $1.6 billion<br \/>\nType: Missile defense system<br \/>\nService branches: Joint Service<br \/>\nPrimary contractor(s): Lockheed Martin<\/li>\n<li><strong> National Security Space Launch (NSSL) program and Rocket System Launch Program (RSLP)<br \/>\n<\/strong>R&amp;D, testing, and evaluation budget, FY 2022-2024: $761.7 million<br \/>\nTotal program spending, FY2022-FY2024: $7.0 billion<br \/>\nType: Launch service<br \/>\nService branches: Space Force<br \/>\nPrimary contractor(s): To be determined<\/li>\n<li><strong> Medium and Large Unmanned Surface Vessels (USV)<br \/>\n<\/strong>R&amp;D, testing, and evaluation budget, FY 2022-2024: $756.6 million<br \/>\nTotal program spending, FY2022-FY2024: $0.8 billion<br \/>\nType: Vessel<br \/>\nService branches: Navy<br \/>\nPrimary contractor(s): To be determined<\/li>\n<li><strong> MQ-25 Stingray<br \/>\n<\/strong>R&amp;D, testing, and evaluation budget, FY 2022-2024: $732.7 million<br \/>\nTotal program spending, FY2022-FY2024: $2.5 billion<br \/>\nType: Drone<br \/>\nService branches: Navy \/ Marine Corps<br \/>\nPrimary contractor(s): Boeing, Lockheed Martin<\/li>\n<li><strong> Precision Strike Missile<br \/>\n<\/strong>R&amp;D, testing, and evaluation budget, FY 2022-2024: $713.8 million<br \/>\nTotal program spending, FY2022-FY2024: $1.4 billion<br \/>\nType: Missile<br \/>\nService branches: Army<br \/>\nPrimary contractor(s): Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control<\/li>\n<li><strong> DDG 51 Arleigh Burke Class Destroyer<br \/>\n<\/strong>R&amp;D, testing, and evaluation budget, FY 2022-2024: $702.7 million<br \/>\nTotal program spending, FY2022-FY2024: $17.3 billion \u2014<br \/>\nType: Ship<br \/>\nService branches: Navy<br \/>\nPrimary contractor(s): General Dynamics, Huntington Ingalls<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Have you read?<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ceoworld.biz\/2023\/11\/27\/revealed-most-notorious-pirates-throughout-history\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"follow\">Revealed: Most Notorious Pirates Throughout History<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a 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