Figure 2-9 



Federal Obligations for R&D, by Major Function, 1969-74 



(Millions of Dollars) 

 10,000 



Current dollars 



9,000 - 



National defen: 



7,000 



6,000 



5,000 



4,000 



3,000 



2,000 



1,000 



Total , 



civilian R&D ,•* 



1969 



72 



Constant 1967 dollars"' 



(IMillions of Dollars) 

 10,000 



9,000 



8,000 



7,000 



.' 6.000 



5,000 



*^_^ Space 



National defense 



4,000 



3,000 



2.000 



1.000 



74 

 (est.) 



(a) GNP implicit price deflators used to convert current dollars to constant 1967 dollars. 

 SOURCE: National Science Foundation. 



Total 

 civilian R&D 



^^^^ Space 



1969 



71 



74 

 (est) 



1974); and (c) the continuing decline of space 

 R&D (down from 24 percent of total R&D 

 obligations in 1969 to 14 percent in 1974). In the 

 defense area, current dollar obligations for R&D 

 in 1974 were the highest of the period, up 13 

 percent over their 1969 level; in constant dollars, 

 however, obligations were 17 percent lower in 

 1974 than in 1969. Civilian R&D, on the other 

 hand, increased in both current and constant 

 dollars, rising 70 percent and 28 percent, 

 respectively. Obligations for space R&D de- 

 clined 33 percent in current dollars and 49 per- 

 cent in constant dollars between 1969 and 1974. 



The 1974 R&D programs within these three 

 broad categories are described briefly below, 

 first national defense, then space, and finally the 

 civilian category — each in terms of its major 

 components. 12 



National Defense. The 1974 obligations were 

 directed in the main to the development of 



missiles, aircraft, defense-related atomic energy, ships and 



'^ For more detailed information, see An Anali/sts of Federal 

 R&D Funding ty Function. National Science Foundation, (NSF 

 74-313). 



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