1、 August 12,2009 CLASSIFIED FUNDING IN THE FY 2010 DEFENSE BUDGET REQUEST By Todd Harrison Classified or“black”programs appear to account for about$35.8 billion,or 17 percent,of the acquisition funding included in the fiscal year(FY)2010 Department of Defense(DoD)budget request(see Table,page 3).This
2、 total includes$18.1 billion in procurement funding and$17.7 billion in research and development(R&D)funding.These figures represent 14 percent and 22 percent,respectively,of the total funding requested for procurement and R&D in FY 2010.Among other things,this analysis finds that:?In real(inflation
3、-adjusted)terms,the$35.8 billion FY 2010 request is the second highest level of funding provided for classified acquisition programs since FY 1987.The highest level of classified funding was in FY 2007,about 1 percent more than has been requested for FY 2009.?Classified acquisition funding has more
4、than doubled in real terms since FY 1995,when funding for these programs reached its post-Cold War low.?While the dollar amount of classified funding has continued to increase,the share of overall acquisition funding directed to classified programs has fallen from its high in FY 2003 of 19 percent.T
