The Government will encourage such development and strengthen in- 

 house capabilities in the future since not only the Navy but nearly 

 every other agency has underwater missions which will be aided by 

 capable divers. 



Test and Evaluation Facilities 



In support of the accelerated development of ocean technology, 

 the Navy is currently operating : a test range off San Clemente Island, 

 Calif., that will support future Sealab experiments, testing of rescue, 

 search, and salvage systems; a pressure-test facility at the Marine 

 Engineering Laboratory, Annapolis, Md.; the Atlantic Undersea 

 Test and Evaluation Center (AUTEC), a highly instrumented ship 

 and weapon range located in a 5-mile long, 6,000-foot depth, sheltered 

 body of water in the Bahamas (that will go into full operation in 

 1967) ; and its Pacific counterpart, the Barking Sands Tactical Under- 

 water Range at Kauai, Hawaii. 



New facilities will also be needed for nonmilitary development 

 to meet both Government and private needs. Additional ranges or 

 laboratories for these purposes have been suggested. Studies will 

 be undertaken of future requirements, and of the best means for 

 meeting them. 



General Purpose Technology and an Area of Emphasis 



To carry out many of the explicit, foreseeable tasks requires a ver- 

 satile ocean engineering that is not yet in being. No existing agency 

 has specific responsibility for developing a reservoir of general ocean 

 technology. 



From experience in other areas, some general purpose capability 

 to meet the unforeseen has also been found essential. Determining 

 what is needed and which agency or agencies should assume respon- 

 sibility for such future nondefense developments, will be examined 

 by the Council. 



In support of defense objectives mentioned earlier and as an area 

 of special Council emphasis, the Navy will initiate key components 

 in the area of deep-ocean technology, with $5.5 million earmarked 

 in fiscal year 1968. 



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