U.S. Defense Budget Forecast Highlights

Managed by Shaun McDougall, the U.S. Defense Budget Forecast is a streamlined database providing fast and easy access to the Pentagon's entire acquisition budget. The product features sorting and data visualization options, and presents historical and outyear funding through an online interface with downloadable Excel spreadsheets. This is the go-to service for anyone familiar with the grind of wading through the massive DoD budget.

This online interactive product allows users to view 10 years' worth of Procurement or Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT&E) funding at a time, comprising five years of historical data alongside the Pentagon's Future Years Defense Program. Historical FYDP datasets are also available, providing final spending data back to 2012. Tracking procurement trends is also made easier by displaying quantity details where applicable. These 10-year datasets can be downloaded in Excel, allowing users to conduct further analysis or custom data manipulation.

The database includes analytical tools that identify winning and losing programs in the Pentagon's annual budget request, group related line items that are scattered throughout the budget to reveal total program acquisition costs, and rank programs by value. Sorting tools can filter data by service, account, and budget activity. Users can also break down funding by market segment, which is particularly useful for identifying opportunities and trends in the difficult-to-navigate research & development budget.

The service also provides real-time tracking of every line item in the Pentagon's acquisition budget throughout the congressional markup process, delivering a clear picture of how legislative decisions will impact program funding. We also expedite your research by offering quick access to program-level justification documents.

Features

• Interactive online interface that provides fast and easy access to historical, current, and forecast funding and quantity data.
• A detailed 10-year view of the acquisition budget: five years of historical funding alongside the Future Years Defense Program.
• Comparison of new budget requests with previous DoD spending projections to quickly identify how program plans have changed.
• Historical FYDP datasets are also available, providing final spending data back to 2012.
• Search filters that allow you to quickly track down the data you're looking for.
• Display quantity details over time, making it easier to identify procurement trends.
• Grouping of related line items to display the true cost of weapon system development, production, and modernization.
• Sorting tools capable of identifying the most valuable programs within the acquisition budget.
• Sorting tools capable of identifying the most valuable programs within the acquisition budget by market segment.
• Congressional Budget Tracker, which follows every acquisition program through the entire budget process, and provides immediate access to defense legislation.
• Budget Docs, which put current and historical program justification documents at your fingertips - no more digging through thousands of pages of government documents to find the data you need.
• Analysis of the President's Request and defense committee markups, which provides critical insight into the Pentagon's acquisition efforts.
• Custom Excel downloads, allowing you to conduct further analysis or custom data manipulation.