RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION, DEFENSE AGENCIES

For expenses of activities and agencies of the Department of Defense (other than the military departments and the Office of Civil Defense), necessary for basic and applied scientific research, development, test, and evaluation; advanced research projects as may be designated and determined by the Secretary of Defense, pursuant to law; maintenance, rehabilitation, lease, and operation of facilities and equipment, as authorized by law, to remain available until expended; [$444,000,000 $447,400,000: Provided, That such amounts as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense to have been made available in other appropriations available to the Department of Defense during the current fiscal year for programs related to advanced research may be transferred to and merged with this appropriation to be available for the same purposes and time period: Provided further, That such amounts of this appropriation as may be determined by the Secretary of Defense may be transferred to carry out the purposes of advanced research to those appropriations for military functions under the Department of Defense which are being utilized for related programs, to be merged with and to be available for the same time period as the appropriation to which transferred. [Provided further, That effective July 1, 1962, the unexpended balances of the appropriation "Salaries and Expenses, Advanced Research Projects Agency, Department of Defense" shall be merged with this appropriation.] (76 Stat. 327; Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1963.)

Most of the appropriations required for the military construction accounts are dependent on the enactment of authorizing legislation. The details of this legislation have been completed and are being submitted to the Congress for early consideration.

1. Major construction. This category provides for acquisition of land for and construction of military projects in the United States and overseas as authorized in currently effective military construction acts and the new authorization referred to above. These authorizations include construction projects as defined in Department of Defense Directive 7040.2 where the estimated cost of such construction exceeds $25 thousand per project. Under this category the major program elements proposed for

1964 are as follows:

Strategic retaliatory forces.-Facilities are to be constructed for additional hardened Minuteman missiles in an improved configuration. Funds also are included to provide improvements for greater safety and more reliability to the earlier ballistic missile systems, Atlas and

Titan. In order to maintain on a sustained basis maximum number of missiles at sea, facilities, including those necessary for overhaul and test, are proposed to support the Polaris system in both the Atlantic and Pacific. Facilities are also included to improve the effectiveness of the manned bombers, their weapons, and associated refueling aircraft.

Continental air and missile defense forces.-Structures which will provide improvements to the Nike Hercules air defense missile system are proposed, including facilities and modifications to provide the system with protection against radiation fallout. Facilities to accommodate and maintain greater survival dispersion for the interceptor aircraft, such as the F-101, F-102, and F-106, are provided as well as facilities for the continued improvement of the aircraft control and warning net. Construction of facilities to augment and improve the coastal detection, classification, and tracking of submarines is provided, along with facilities to detect, identify, and determine orbits of earth satellites.

General purpose forces.-Facilities for these elements will be constructed in the various overseas areas of assignment and in the United States at their home ports or bases. The facilities include runway extensions, hangars, maintenance shops, hardstands, ammunition storage, troop housing, and other structures peculiar to either the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, or Air Force units stationed at the particular installation. Facilities to support these conventional forces represent 22% of the direct, total construction program.

Sealift and airlift forces. Additional operational and maintenance facilities will be provided to increase the effectiveness of the transport aircraft assigned to the Tactical Air Command and the Military Air Transport Command.

Reserve forces.-The facilities required for the training of the Reserve Forces include: armories and training centers, nonarmory facilities such as maintenance shops and warehouses; and aviation facilities such as airfield pavements, maintenance shops, and training buildings. Research and development. The research and development projects include general laboratory structures which house many separate but associated activities such as the laboratories proposed for the Guidance Control and Aeroballistic Missile Facility, Redstone Arsenal, Ala.; the Environmental Medicine Laboratory, Natick, Mass.; and the Structural Mechanics Laboratory, Carderock, Md. Other facilities in this grouping are unique structures in themselves, such as the vacuum telescope, Sacramento Peak, N. Mex., and the rocket research test stands and related facilities at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. Facilities for testing the mobile medium range ballistic missile system are provided and further work is proposed for the Titan III/Dynasoar launching complex at Cape Canaveral, Fla. Facilities are provided for the continued improvement of both the Atlantic and Pacific missile ranges which control and record our missile, satellite, and space shots.

General support.-Projects in this grouping cover operational and training facilities, communication facilities, maintenance and production facilities, supply facilities, hospital and medical facilities, administrative facilities. troop housing and community facilities, and utilities and ground improvements. These projects though important to the effective functioning of the armed services, are not related directly to any one particular force, or weapon system, and, in fact, serve as common support for any number of forces or systems. In addition to the above requirements of the military services, this grouping covers