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Department of Defense

Thursday, March 19, 2009

The enacted FY09 Appropriations bill authorizes $512 billion for the Department of Defense (DoD) base as well as $66 billion for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Defense Advance Research Projects Agency (DARPA) received $3.1 billion, an increase from the 2008 appropriation of $2.95 billion.

Defense Basic Research is funded at $1.8 billion, a 13 percent increase above the FY08 appropriation. For overall Science & Technology (S&T) programs, the enacted budget allocates $13.5 billion, an increase of 6 percent. S&T programs include defense-wide and military service funding for 6.1 basic research, 6.2 applied research, and 6.3 advanced technology development.

The FY09 enacted funding for DoD departments is as follows:

Army

  • 6.1 Basic Research - $439 million
  • 6.2 Applied Research - $1.2 billion
  • 6.3 Advanced Technology Development - $1.4 billion

Navy

  • 6.1 Basic Research  - $547 million
  • 6.2 Applied Research  - $776 million
  • 6.3 Advanced Technology Development - $836 million

Air Force

  • 6.1 Basic Research - $469 million
  • 6.2 Applied Research - $1.2 billion
  • 6.3 Advanced Technology Development - $717 million

Defense-wide

  • 6.1 Basic Research  - $386 million
  • 6.2 Applied Research - $1.9 billion
  • 6.3 Advanced Technology Development - $3.5 billion

DoD programs of interest to the TBED community include:

  • Defense Research Sciences - $1.1 billion to fund university research, mostly by single investigators. Departmental breakdowns include $198.75 million for the Army, $421.2 million for the Navy, $314.7 million for the Air Force, and $203 million defense-wide.
  • Defense Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) - $14.8 million to improve the capabilities of U.S. institutions of higher education to conduct research and to educate scientists and engineers in the areas important to national defense.
  • University Research Initiatives - $339.6 million to enhance universities' capabilities to perform basic science and engineering research and related education in areas critical to national defense. Departmental breakdowns include $89.9 million for the Army, $108.9 million for the Navy, and $140.8 million for the Air Force.