FY 2013 R&D REPORT January 6 2014 - Department of Defense

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An Exclusive service for Affiliates of the National Council For Science and the Environment
6. Department of Defense ($249 million)
hile the Department of Defense (DOD) has no specific environmental mission, it
implements environmental programs in order to reduce environmental impediments to
its operations and limit the impact of future operations on the environment. With that
goal, DOD supports activities in four main areas:
• Cleaning up residual hazardous wastes from active and formerly active military sites in support
of the Defense Environmental Restoration Program.
• Controlling hazardous emissions to comply with environmental regulations.
• Preventing pollution substituting alternative materials and processes.
• Conserving natural and cultural resources through proper stewardship.
Source:OMB R&Ddata,Budgetofthe United StatesGovernment,agencybudgetjustification,agencybudgetdocuments,andhistoricaldata. *ARRAadds$5.7billionin
EnvironmentalR&DinFY2009. Yearlyvaluesareadjustedforinflationusing OMB’sGDPdeflators.Nominalvaluesareunadjusted
DOD environmental activities are carried out through the departments of Army and Navy, and
through several cross cutting programs. The Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for
Environmental Security provides oversight for DOD’s Environmental Quality (EQ) Program.
Since they are focused on operations, Department of Defense environmental activities are almost
exclusively categorized as applied research or technology development.

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Environmental R&D at the Department of Defense (budget authority in millions of dollars)
FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 Change FY 12-13
Actual Actual Estimate Percent
DOD-wide Programs 99 126 129 2.6%
Strategic Environ Research Program 59 64 60 -6.7%
Environ Security Tech Program 40 62 69 12.3%
Department of the Air Force 175 169 1 -99.4%
Pollution Prevention (Dem/Val) 2 2 1 -58.4%
Next Generation Satellites 173 167 0 -100.0%
Department of the Army 44 45 40 -12.3%
Environmental Quality Technology 25 25 23 -9.3%
Env Quality Tech Demonstrations 15 15 13 -17.3%
Env Quality Tech Mgmt Support 3 5 4 -12.1%
Department of the Navy 67 68 79 15.1%
Env Quality and Logistics Adv Tech 0 0 0 - -
Environmental Protection 19 21 19 -9.6%
Ocean Warfighting Env Applied Res 47 47 59 26.3%
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TOTAL 385 409 249 -39.2%
Source: AAAS estimates of R&D from OMB R&D data, Budget of the U.S. Government, and agency budget documents.
Figures are rounded to the nearest million. Changes calculated from unrounded figures. FY 2013 are estimates adjusted for
the full-year continuing resolution and sequestration.
Defense-wide Programs ($129 million)
The Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) and the Environmental
Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP) are DOD’s environmental research programs,
harnessing the latest science and technology to improve DOD’s environmental performance, reduce
costs, and enhance and sustain mission capabilities. The Programs respond to environmental
technology requirements that are common to all of the military Services, complementing the Services’
research programs. SERDP and ESTCP promote partnerships and collaboration among academia,
industry, the military Services, and other Federal agencies. They are independent programs managed
from a joint office to coordinate the full spectrum of efforts, from basic and applied research to field
demonstration and validation.
StrategicEnvironmentalResearchandDevelopmentProgram($60million)
SERDP is DOD’s environmental science and technology program, planned and executed in
partnership with DOE and EPA, with participation by numerous other federal and non-federal
organizations. SERDP invests across a broad spectrum of basic and applied research, as well as
advanced development.
SERDP focuses on cross-Service requirements and pursues solutions to the Department’s
environmental challenges. The development and application of innovative environmental
technologies will reduce the costs, environmental risks, and time required to resolve environmental
problems while, at the same time, enhancing and sustaining military readiness.
SERDP and ESTCP manage investments in five program areas. Each area focuses on a specific
component of DOD’s environmental responsibilities. Achieving sustainable solutions in all five areas is
essential to improve environmental performance, reduce costs, and enhance mission capabilities.
• Energy and Water. Technologies to improve energy efficiency, increase the use of renewable

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energy, and enhance water conservation on DOD installations.
• Environmental Restoration. Research and technologies for the characterization, risk
assessment, remediation, and management of contaminants in soil, sediments, and water.
• Munitions Response. Technologies for the detection, classification, and remediation of
military munitions on U.S. lands and waters.
• Resource Conservation and Climate Change. Research that advances DOD’s management
of its natural and cultural resources and improves understanding of climate change impacts.
• Weapons Systems and Platforms. Research and technologies to reduce, control, and
understand the sources of waste and emissions in the manufacturing, maintenance, and use
of weapons systems and platforms.
EnvironmentalSecurityTechnologyCertificationProgram($69million)
STCP is DOD’s environmental technology demonstration and validation program. The Program
was established in 1995 to promote the transfer of innovative technologies that have successfully
established proof of concept to field or production use. ESTCP demonstrations collect cost and
performance data to overcome the barriers to employ an innovative technology because of concerns
regarding technical or programmatic risk, the so-called “Valley of Death.”
The Program’s goal is to identify and demonstrate the most promising innovative and cost-effective
technologies and methods that address DOD’s high-priority environmental requirements. Projects conduct
formal demonstrations at DOD facilities and sites in operational settings to document and validate
improved performance and cost savings. To ensure the demonstrated technologies have a real impact,
ESTCP collaborates with end-users and regulators throughout the development and execution of each
demonstration. Transition challenges are overcome with rigorous and well-documented demonstrations
that provide the information needed by all stakeholders for acceptance of the technology.
Department of the Air Force ($1 million)
The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program has been collecting weather data for U.S.
military operations for more than four decades. Two primary operational DMSP satellites are in
polar orbits at about 450 nautical miles (nominal) at all times. The primary weather sensor on DMSP
is the Operational Linescan System, which provides continuous visual and infrared imagery of cloud
cover over an area 1, 600 nautical miles wide.
The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) is managed
by the tri-agency Integrated Program Office (IPO) utilizing personnel from the Department of
Commerce, Department of Defense and NASA. NPOESS is a satellite system used to monitor
global environmental conditions, and collect and disseminate data related to weather, atmosphere,
oceans, land and near-space environment.
Department of the Army ($40 million)
The U.S. Army Environmental Command (USAEC) is a subordinate command of the U.S. Army
Installation Management Command, whose mission is to lead and execute Army cleanup and
environmental quality programs, providing technical expertise to enable Soldier readiness and
sustainable military communities. The USAEC is made up of archaeologists, architects, biologists,
chemists, chemical engineers, civil engineers, entomologists, environmental engineers, environmental
scientists, foresters, geologists, historians, mechanical engineers, natural resource specialists, physical
scientists and wildlife biologists. Priorities are to:
• Manage and execute the Army’s Cleanup Program

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• Manage the Army’s Environmental Quality Programs
• Assess and improve installation environmental performance
• Assess emerging environmental trends and define impacts
• Evaluate and transfer best management practices and technologies to enhance environmental
stewardship
• Provide technical and operational environmental expertise
• Assimilate, analyze, and communicate environmental information
• Conduct environmental planning to ensure informed Army decision making
• Provide public outreach for the Army Environmental Program
EnvironmentalQualityTechnology($23million)
The Environmental Quality Technology (EQT) Program uses economic analysis to identify the best
projects for funding based on mission and environmental urgency, potential cost-avoidance,
investment costs, and program risk. EQT facilitates technology development, improvement and
transfer.
To cover the wide array of environmental disciplines, the EQT Program has four technological focus
areas:
• Environmental Restoration. Technologies for the cost-effective detection, characterization,
containment, and remediation of contamination in soil, sediments, and water.
• Munitions Management. Detection, discrimination, and remediation technologies for
Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) from closed, transferred, and transferring ranges; active
range clearance and reduced generation of UXO during live fire operations.
• Sustainable Infrastructure. Technologies required to sustain training and testing ranges and
installation infrastructure that supports those ranges as well as the deployed forces. Includes
natural resources, facilities, and cultural resources.
• Weapons Systems & Platforms. Technologies and materials that reduce the waste and
emissions associated with the manufacturing, maintenance, and use of weapons systems and
plat- forms to reduce future environmental liabilities and their associated costs and impacts.
The EQT Program manages the Range Design Risk Assessment Model, which identifies environ-
mental compliance issues and other risk factors to assist range managers in planning for and designing
new sustainable ranges as well as retrofitting existing ones.
Standardized UXO Technology Demonstration Sites Program EnvironmentalQualityTechnology
Demonstrations($13million)
This Standardized UXO Technology Demonstration Sites Program is a multi-agency program
spearheaded by the U.S. Army Environmental Command (USAEC). Advancements in Unexploded
Ordnance (UXO) detection and discrimination technologies are necessary to support the operation,
restoration, and transfer of the DOD's ranges. The establishment of standardized UXO technology
demonstration sites will allow users and developers to define the range of applicability of specific
UXO technologies, gather data on sensor and system performance, compare results, and document
realistic cost and performance information.
Sustainable Infrastructure Technologies Environmental Quality Management Support ($4 million)
Sustainable Infrastructure Technologies support military readiness and promote the continuous
environmental mission of compliance, infrastructure improvement and sustainability through the
discovery and fielding of new and innovative technologies.
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EnvironmentalManagementSystem(EMS)
An Environmental Management System (EMS) is the part of an installation's overall management
system that integrates environmental concerns and issues in the installation's management processes.
An EMS addresses organizational structure, planning activities, responsibilities, practices, procedures,
processes, and resources for developing, implementing, achieving, reviewing, and maintaining
environmental requirements. EMS is a tool that is helping to ensure that soldiers have the land,
water, and air resources that they need to train a healthy environment in which to live and the
support of our local communities. Effective environmental management using EMS supports
mission accomplishment and sustainability while integrating environmental goals and policy
throughout the entire Army culture.
An EMS enables an installation of any size or type to control the impact of its activities, products,
or services on the natural environment, allowing it to not only achieve and maintain compliance with
current environmental requirements, but to recognize and proactively manage future issues that might
impact mission sustainability. Army installation EMSs are designed to conform to the International
Organization for Standardization (ISO) standard 14001 for environmental management systems.
Currently, 142 Army installations designated as being an appropriate facility are required to implement
an ISO 14001-compliant EMS.
Department of the Navy ($79 million)
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) provides the Navy and Marine Corps with technological
superiority to enable the defense of U.S. interests. ONR was established after WWII to plan, foster and
encourage scientific research in recognition of its paramount importance to future Naval power and
national security with the objective of supporting a Navy and Marine Corps that can prevail in any
environment. ONR works directly with the Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV), Chief of Naval
Operations (CNO) and Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC) to strike a balance between near-
term technology development and long-term ONR funds basic research programs, primarily through
U.S. universities; technology research programs, primarily through government and nongovernment
laboratories; and advanced technology demonstration programs, primarily through U.S. industry and
companies. ONR’s Science and Technology investments support Navy and Marine Corps
requirements in nine focus areas: 1) Assure Access to Maritime Battlespace, 2) Autonomy and
Unmanned Systems, 3) Expeditionary and Irregular Warfare, 4) Information Dominance, 5) Platform
Design and Survivability, 6) Power and Energy, 7) Power Projection and Integrated Defense, 8) Total
Ownership Cost, and 9) Warfighter Performance.
The Ocean Battlespace Sensing Department explores science and technology in the areas of
oceanographic and meteorological observations, modeling and prediction in the battlespace
environment; submarine detection and classification (anti-submarine warfare); and mine warfare
applications for detecting and neutralizing mines in both the ocean and littoral environment. Science
& Technology programs include:
 Arctic and Global Prediction
 Littoral Geosciences and Optics
 Marine Mammals and Biology
 Marine Meteorology
 Maritime Sensing
 Ocean Acoustics
 Ocean Engineering & Marine Systems
 Physical Oceanography
 Research Facilities

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 Space Environment
 Undersea Signal Processing
The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) is the corporate research laboratory for the Navy and
Marine Corps with a staff of more than 2,500 researchers, engineers, technicians and support
personnel. NRL operates as the Navy's full-spectrum corporate laboratory, conducting a broadly based
multidisciplinary program of scientific research and advanced technological development directed
toward maritime applications of new and improved materials, techniques, equipment, systems and
ocean, atmospheric, and space sciences and related technologies.
FurtherReading
 United States Department of Defense FY 2014 Budget Proposal -
http://www.defense.gov/home/features/2013/0413_budget/