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REDAC AdmEnv. & Energy Subcommittee

Mike GallivanMarch 25, 2014

R&D Budget Status
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R,E&D FY 14 Budget• R,E&D FY 14 Budget Request - $166.0M• FY 14 Appropriation $158.792 

– Signed Jan. 17, 2014– Safety - $87.244– Improve Efficiency - $24.329– Reduce Environmental Impacts - $41.579– Mission Support - $5.640
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FY 14 R,E&D Request

Program

 FY 2014 

Request 

($000) 

FY 14 

House 

Mark 

($000)

FY 14 

Request/FY

14 House 

+/-

 FY 2014 

Senate 

Mark 

($000) 

FY 14 

Request/FY14 

Senate +/-

 2014 

Conference 

Mark ($000) 

ReCo

Fire Research and Safety 8,313 8,313 - 7,500 (813) 8,000 

Propulsion and Fuel Systems 1,974 1,974 - 1,800 (174) 1,800 

Advanced Materials/Structural Safety 2,607 2,607 - 2,600 (7) 2,600 

Aircraft Icing /Digital System Safety 7,582 7,582 - 7,500 (82) 7,500 

Continued Airw orthiness 8,167 8,167 - 8,000 (167) 8,000 

Aircraft Catastrophic Failure Prevention Research 1,652 1,652 - 1,500 (152) 1,500 

Flightdeck/Maintenance/System Integration Human Factors 5,000 5,000 - 5,000 - 5,000 

System Safety Management 11,583 11,583 - 11,000 (583) 11,000 

Air Traffic Control/Technical Operations Human Factors 6,000 6,000 - 5,000 (1,000) 5,000 

Aeromedical Research 8,672 8,672 - 7,000 (1,672) 7,000 

Weather Program 15,279 15,279 - 13,860 (1,419) 14,200 

Unmanned Aircraft Systems Research 7,500 7,500 - 7,500 - 8,644 

NextGen - Alternative Fuels for General Aviation 5,571 5,571 - 7,100 1,529 6,000 

NextGen - Advanced Systems and Softw are Validation 1,021 1,024 3 1,000 (21) 1,000 Joint Planning and Development Office 12,057 - (12,057) 9,000 (3,057) - NextGen - Wake Turbulence 9,267 5,000 (4,267) 9,000 (267) 9,000 NextGen - Air Ground Integration Human Factors 10,329 4,558 (5,771) 10,000 (329) 11,329 NextGen - Weather Technology in the Cockpit 4,169 3,000 (1,169) 4,000 (169) 4,000 Environment and Energy 14,542 14,542 - 14,600 58 14,600 NextGen - Environmental Research - Aircraft Technologies, Fuels, and Metrics 18,979 21,979 3,000 21,400 2,421 26,979 System Planning and Resource Management 2,289 2,000 (289) 2,200 (89) 2,200 William J. Hughes Technical Center Laboratory Facility 3,447 3,000 (447) 3,440 (7) 3,440 

TOTAL 166,000 145,003 (20,997) 160,000 (6,000) 158,792 
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FY 14 Conference Language• Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS).-The agreement includes funding in the "Un

Aircraft Systems" activity to complete the establishment of a UAS center of eprovide recommendations for airspace designation for manned and unmann

operations, conduct research to support UAS interagency requirements, cooresearch and development activities with other agencies, and provide recomaircraft certifications.

• Joint Planning and Development Office.-The agreement does not include fun

Joint Planning and Development Office. Funding is provided in the operationabsorb personnel and activities from this office into the "NextGen and operaplanning" activity.

• Commercial Space Center of Excellence.-The agreement includes $1,000,000 

budget request in the "NextGen: Air Ground Integration" activity for further da commercial space center of excellence. Funding for this activity was requeoperations account, but it is included in this account to be consistent with ot

centers of excellence. 

• Alternative Fuels Center of Excellence.-The agreement includes $5,000,000 in 

"NextGen: Environmental Research" activity to establish a center of excellenalternative jet fuel research
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FAA FY 2015 Budget Request

FY 15 FY 15 Difference Fy 15 

Account Request House Mark (+/‐) Senate Mark 

Operations 9,750,000,000 $

Facilites & Equipment 2,603,700,000 $

Research, Engineering & Development 156,750,000 $

Airports 2,770,000,000 $

Total 15,280,450,000 $    ‐ $                            ‐ $                        ‐ $                            
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FY 15 R,E&D Request

FY 2014 FY 2015

 Enacted 

 Pres. Bud. 

Request 

A. Research, Engineering and Development 158,792 156,750

A11 Improve Aviation Safety 87,244 94,484

a. Fire Research and Safety 8,000 6,929b. Propulsion and Fuel Systems 1,800 2,413c. Advanced Materials/Structural Safety 2,600 2,909d. Aircraft Icing/Digital System Safety 7,500 5,889e. Continued Airworthiness 8,000 9,619f. Aircraft Catastrophic Failure Prevention Research 1,500 1,567g. Flightdeck/Maintenance/System Integration Human Facto 9,897 5,000

h. System Safety Management 11,000 7,970I. Air Traffic Control/Technical Operations Human Factors 5,000 5,898j. Aeromedical Research 7,000 8,919k. Weather Program 14,200 17,800l. Unmanned Aircraft Systems Research 8,644 8,974m. NextGen - Alternative Fuels for General Aviation 6,000 5,700n NextGen - Advanced Systems and Software Validation 1,000 -A12 Improve Efficiency 24,329 22,286

a. Joint Planning and Development Office - -b. NextGen - Wake Turbulence 9,000 8,541c. NextGen - Air Ground Integration Human Factors 11,329 9,697d. NextGen - Self-Separation Human Factorse. NextGen - Weather Technology in the Cockpit 4,000 4,048A13 Reduce Environmental Impact 41,579 34,435

a. Environment and Energy 14,600 14,921b. NextGen - Environmental Research - Aircraft Technologie 19,514 26,979

A14 Mission Support 5,640 5,545

a. System Planning and Resource Management 2,200 2,135b. William J. Hughes Technical Center Laboratory Facility 3,440 3,410

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F&E Portfolio FY 15

Budget Line Item Program

Appropriation Account

2015 

Request 

($000)

FY 15 

House Mark

FY 

Se

M

1A08

NextGen - ATC/Tech Ops Human Factors - Controller Efficiency/Air Ground Integration F&E -

1A08A

NextGen - Environment & Energy - Environmental Management Systems and Advanced Noise and Emissions Reduction F&E 2,500

1A08A NextGen - New ATM Requirements F&E 4,9801A08D NextGen - Operations Concept Development Validation Modeling F&E -1A08D NextGen - System Safety Management Transformation F&E 5,7001A08D NextGen - Wake Turbulence Re-categorization F&E -1A08B NextGen - Operational Assessments F&E -1A08G NextGen Staffed NextGen Towers (SNT) F&E - 

Total NextGen Transportation system - System Development 13,180 -
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FY 15 Congressional Issues• House and Senate working from the sa

base 

– $1,013,628,000,000 Base

• $492,000,000,000 Discretionary Funding

• Debt Ceiling not an issue for FY 15 Bu

Request

• Sequestration not an issue for FY 15 B

Request

• Election for House and Senate seats • Sequestration may/will be an issue in 
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R,E&D FY 16 Budget Status

• R,E&D FY 16 OST Budget Request $16• OST Submission early June 2014• OMB Submission early Sept. 2014• Scheduled date of FY 16 budget prese

Congress February 2, 2015
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Out Year Targets• Targets established February 2014

– FY 16 - $160M– FY 17 - $164M– FY 18 - $167M– FY 19 - $171M– FY 20 - $175M

• Expect targets to change
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FAA Reauthorization• Current Authorization thru FY 2015• FAA has stared work on its proposed 

reauthorized bill

– Will have to go thru OST and OMB 
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Budget Future

•It is unclear regarding funding levels after FY 16