OCEAN TECHNOLOGY DEFICIENCIES 



Duane U. Beving, LCDR, USN 

 Project Officer for Non-Combatant Vehicles and Safety Certification 



Neil T. Monney, LCDR, USN 



Project Officer for Sea Floor Engineering and 



Deep Ocean Test Facilities 



Ocean Engineering Branch 



H. Q. Naval Material Command 



Washington, D. C. 



It is well recognized that, in order to provide the required 

 ocean engineering capabilities such as search, rescue, salvage 

 and seafloor construction, the first step in the capability develop- 

 ment cycle is to build a broad base of effective technologies. A 

 program to advance fundamental technology is necessary for de- 

 veloping elements and processes that can be combined into useful 

 ocean components, subsystems and systems. The Advanced Sea- 

 Based Deterrence Study of 1964 recommended programs of re- 

 search and development which were considered necessary to guar- 

 antee the availability of technology options for the acquisition of 

 future deterrence systems. The 10 broad functional areas im- 

 mediately following are primarily an outgrowth of the Seabed and 

 earlier strategic studies which identified the need for a technology 

 base to support future Navy missions. Deficiencies in these areas 

 have been identified in the Navy's Deep Ocean Technology (DOT) 

 Project and are recognized throughout the Navy and in industry. 



10 Functional Areas 



1 . Energy Sources and Conversion (Power) 



2. Materials and Structural Analysis 



3. Electrical, Mechanical and Fluid Systems 

 (Auxiliary Systems) 



4. Oceonics 



5. Swimmer/ Diver Systems 



6. Bio-Medicine 



7. Sea Floor Engineering 



8. Environmental Support 



9. Test Facilities 



10. Non-Combatant Vehicles 



