Research, the Deputy Chief of Naval Material for Development and 

 the Commander of the Naval Weather Service. 



Under these three Assistant Oceanographers plus myself as my 

 own deputy for operations, we have divided our program into three 

 broad areas for management purposes. These areas are Ocean Science, 

 Ocean Engineering and Development and Oceanographic Operations. 



Under the Ocean Science Program, our goal is to advance our 

 knowledge of the physical, chemical, biological and geological 

 natiire of the world' s oceans and their bottom and siirf ace bound- 

 aries. The program, which is req_uested at $60 million dollars this 

 year, concentrates on reaserch projects in support of high priority 

 operational req.uirements. So there is considerable emphasis on 

 underwater acoustics, oceanographic prediction and geophysics as 

 they are related to submarine, and antisubmarine and amphibious 

 warfare . 



¥e are developing methods of predicting sound behavior and 

 thermal structiire changes in the ocean by studying physical, chem- 

 ical and biological processes. The effort includes the study of 

 ocean circulation, air-sea interactions and internal waves. 



Geophysics research is concentrated mainly on understanding the 

 bottom and the sediment and rock below it as they related to sound 

 reflection, hence to the operation of our sonar systems. 



In Marine Biology o-ur work is directed toward understanding the 

 habits of various types of marine life which can degrade the per- 

 formance of our equipment. A major concern is the deep scattering 

 layer which masks submarine echoes. 



The Ocean Science Program is carried out by academic and non- 

 profit institutions, industrial plants and our own Navy laboratories 

 throughout the country. The University of Washington is a major per- 

 former in this program. 



There are about a thousand scientists and a great variety of 

 facilities involved in the program. Facilities include thirty- 

 four ships, a variety of deep submersible s, stable platforms for 

 work in deep water, monster buoys, airplanes, satellites and even 

 ice islands. 



Now a few words about Ocean Engineering and Development, which 

 is in the Fiscal 1970 budget at $102 million. This is our newest 

 and fastest growing program and it is being developed in seven ma- 

 jor areas: 



1. Undersea search and location 



2. Submarine rescue and escape 

 5. Salvage and recovery 



