Appendix: Department of Defense Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 Budget

Cluster Munition Procurement Requests

WEAPON	QUANTITY	GROSS COST (IN DOLLARS)
Army Procurement
M864 155mm Recap	11,400	42,200,000
GMLRS	1,026 (some with submunitions)	112,300,000
Hydra 70 MPSM HE M261	2,000	3,800,000
Subtotal	14,426	158,300,000

Marine Corps Procurement
GMLRS	48	1,300,000 (only part for cluster munitions)
Subtotal	48	1,300,000

Navy Procurement
JSOW	389 (216 with submunitions)	139,457,000
Subtotal	389	139,457,000

Air Force Procurement
WCMD	2,507	58,670,000
SFW	315	117,023,000
Subtotal	2,822	175,693,000

Total	17,685*	$474,750,000**

*NOTE: Not all of these weapons are cluster munitions. In some cases, noted in the chart, the budget justifications did not break down their requests in enough detail.

**NOTE: Not all of this money would go toward cluster munitions. In some cases, noted in the chart, the budget justifications did not break down their requests in enough detail.

Other Related Procurement Requests

WEAPON	QUANTITY	GROSS COST (IN DOLLARS)
Army Procurement
ATACMS Block 1A/QRU (unitary model)	56	61,500,000
M270A1 MLRS launcher	unspecified	47,600,000
MLRS launcher modifications	unspecified	24,000,000
HIMARS	37	173,300,000
HIMARS modifications	unspecified	500,000
Subtotal		306,900,000

Marine Corps Procurement
HIMARS	1	16,300,000

Total		$323,200,000

Acronyms/Glossary

M864 155mm Recap	Retrofitting of M864 Basebled Extended Range-Dual Purpose Improved Conventional Munition (ER-DPICM) artillery projectiles
MPSM HE	Multi-Purpose Submunition High Explosive
GMLRS	Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System
WCMD	Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser
SFW	Sensor Fuzed Weapon
JSOW	Joint Standoff Weapon
ATACMS	Army Tactical Missile System
QRU	Quick Reaction Unitary
HIMARS	High Mobility Artillery Rocket System

Sources: Department of the Army, Committee Staff Procurement Backup Book, FY 2005 Budget Estimates: Procurement of Ammunition, Army, February 2004, http://www.asafm.army.mil/budget/fybm/FY05/pforms/ammo.pdf; Department of the Army, Committee Staff Procurement Backup Book, Fiscal Year 2005 Budget Estimates: Missile Procurement, Army, February 2004, http://www.asafm.army.mil/budget/fybm/FY05/pforms/missiles.pdf; Department of the Army, Committee Staff Backup Book, Fiscal Year 2005 Budget Amendment for Army Aviation Transformation: Procurement Ammunition, Army, March 2004, http://www.asafm.army.mil/budget/fybm/fy05/amended/pform-ammo.pdf; Department of the Navy, FY 2005 President’s Budget: Procurement, Marine Corps, February 2004, https://notes3.secnav.navy.mil/fy05.nsf/PMC?OpenForm&ExpandView; Department of the Air Force, Fiscal Year 2005 Budget Estimates: Procurement of Ammunition, February 2004, http://www.saffm.hq.af.mil/FMB/pb/2005/proc.html; Department of the Navy, FY 2005 President’s Budget: Weapons Procurement, Navy, February 2004, https://notes3.secnav.navy.mil/fy05.nsf/WPN?OpenForm&ExpandView (all retrieved April 7, 2004).

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