LalDoratories. We have several Ocean Test Ranges in opera- 

 tion now for the underwater testing of various types of 

 equipment. Our new Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation 

 Center (AUTEC), In the Bahamas, will go Into full opera- 

 tion this year. 



With the addition of a few new facilities, we can 

 meet the non-mllltary needs of both government and 

 private Industry. The Naval Civil Engineering Laboratory, 

 for example, now cooperates with Industry regularly to 

 carry out joint tests of new Industrial materials In the 

 Lab's pressure test facilities, to the great benefit of 

 both. 



Let me mention the third field In which the Depart- 

 ment of Defense can accept the national mlsslon-ocean 

 weather prediction. The Navy has been In this business 

 for a long time and we can't operate without It. To 

 provide this service, the Department of Defense operates 

 a world-wide observational, collection, and communica- 

 tions network. Navy relies on the Coast Guard for 

 accurate, timely, oceanographlc data and services from 

 their ocean stations, ice patrol, ice breakers, and 

 oceanographlc platforms. DOD observations are supple- 

 mented by those from merchant ships, island and coastal 

 stations both foreign and domestic, as well as from the 

 Departments of Interior and Commerce. 



The product consists of storm warnings, weather 

 forecasts, sea state and thermal profile production, and 

 optimum track ship routes distributed by unclassified 

 messages on known frequencies for use of specific 

 military units as well as any one else. 



We are making sure that marine and fishing indus- 

 tries will have the full benefit of the Navy's increas- 

 ing knowledge in this field. 



These are just a few of the areas outside the basic 

 sciences where the Navy is contributing to the non- 

 military exploitation of the ocean. 



Let me mention one sticky point right here. When- 

 ever Navy cooperation with the non-military community is 

 mentioned, the subject of classification comes up. We 

 are accused of classifying every piece of information 

 we lay our hands on including telephone books. There has 

 certainly been overclassif ication at times in the mili- 

 tary, but Admiral Waters tells me that an estimated 90^ 

 of all raw data gathered from all our oceanographlc 

 platforms Is completely unclassified. 



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