Marine Science Affairs 



General Purpose Engineering in Fiscal Year 1969 



General purpose ocean engineering is a term adopted for engineering 

 research and development that can be applied to a variety of purposes. 

 Applications often span the missions of two or more Gk)vernment agencies. 



About 5% of the Federal marine science budget, divided into major 

 categories as follows, is proposed for these programs in FY 1969 : 



(In millions of dollars) 



TYPE OF ACTIVITY 



Ocean Engineering (Navy) 



Ocean Buoy Development Program (Coast Guard) 

 Nuclear Power (AEC) 



Estimated, 

 FY 1967 



8.2 



.3 



6.3 



Estimated, 

 FY 1968 



10 



7 

 . 1 

 7.4 



Estimated, 

 FY 1969* 



14.9 

 5.3* 

 6.6 



♦Included in the funding for other categories is approximately $5 million for instrumentation. 

 •*This program is discussed in chapter VIII. 



Ocean Engineering Programs of the Navy 



The Navy ocean engineering program includes studies, hardware de- 

 velopment, and prototype installations for military underwater tasks. The 

 primary effort is the Deep Ocean Technology Project to develop technical 

 options and to assist the Navy to assess more precisely the technical feasibilit)' 

 and requirements for future undersea warfare systems. The areas being 

 studied in relation to their potential deep ocean use include : 



— manned and unmanned submersible vehicles ; 



— fixed and mobile bottom structures ; 



— engineering properties of the sea floor; 



— metals and non-metallic materials ; 



— submersible motors, electrical components and propulsion devices; 



— equipment, instruments, and tools; 



— life support systems ; 



— long-endurance power sources. 

 Two major, long-range projects were selected by the Navy as initial 

 goals — an advanced deep ocean submersible and an experimental, one- 

 atmosphere, bottom habitat.^ 



^ Both projects are designed as "test beds" — not for operational use, to test a wide 

 variety of components and equipments. 



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