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satisfaction of the most critical products for the most 

 likely missions first. Availability of product source 

 materials also influences the final production program. 



II. DMA's Cooperative Efforts with NOAA in Support of 

 Defense Requirements. 



DMA maintains a worldwide nautical chart portfolio for 

 Defense use. In so doing, we produce nautical charts of 

 waters other than those of the United States or its 

 territories, the excepted waters being the responsibility of 

 NOAA's National Ocean Service (NOS) . Annually, DMA 

 contributes over $13 million to the maintenance of NOS's 

 chart data base. We incorporate approximately 1,000 NOS 

 charts into our portfolio, a number which reflects virtually 

 all their standard nautical charts as well as charts produced 

 only for DoD. Last year over 760 thousand copies of NOS 

 charts were brought into our distribution system which 

 resulted in a payment to NOS of an additional $970 thousand. 



Nautical charts require frequent correction if they are 

 to support safe navigation. Since DoD uses both DMA and NOS 

 charts, DMA has assumed the responsibility on behalf of both 

 agencies for disseminating corrections for both sets of 

 charts through weekly Notice to Mariners. This need for 

 correction is also a major consideration in our production 

 scheduling, as it requires new editions or corrected reprints 

 of existing charts rather than production of new charts. 

 This maintenance work represents the bulk of DMA's nautical 

 program. 



In addition, DMA as part of an international radio 

 warnings service is responsible for preparing coastal and 

 high seas radio navigational warnings, and is the coordinator 

 of two of the 16 Navigational Warning areas which cover the 

 world. 



