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February 2010Rebalancing Investment to Meet Global RequirementsScience and TechnologyThe FY 2011 budget requests $2.0 billion for the S&T program. The FY 2011 S&Tbudget request supports the Naval Science and Technology (S&T) Strategic Planwhich was approved by the Department of the Navy’s S&T Corporate Board andupdated in February 2009. By design, it is a broad strategy that provides strongdirection for the future, but also retains sufficient flexibility and freedom of action toallow the Navy to meet emerging challenges or quickly alter course as directed bysenior leadership.The basic research and applied research components of S&T fall primarily within thecorporate management and support capability portfolio, along with studies andanalyses. The advanced technology component of S&T supports a number ofcapabilities.The FY 2011 S&T portfolio isaligned to support 13 discretenaval S&T focus areas composedof: 1) power and energy; 2)operational environments; 3)maritime domain awareness,4) asymmetric and irregularwarfare, 5) information superiorityand communication; 6) powerprojection; 7) assure access andHiFocusLoQuickReactionS&T10%Leap AheadInnovationsAcquisitionEnablers35%Discovery & Invention(Basic and Applied Science)13%Near Mid Farhold at risk; 8) distributed operations; 9) naval warrior performance and protection;10) survivability and self‐defense; 11) platform mobility; 12) fleet/force sustainment;and 13) total ownership cost (formally affordability, maintainability, and reliability).42%Discovery & Invention (D&I): This area consists of basic research and the earlystages of applied research. D&I is the genesis of future naval technologies andsystems. It provides technology options, maintains S&T capacity vital to navalinterests, and is an important component in the development of the next generationof the S&T workforce. The D&I portfolio, by design, has a broad focus, andprograms are selected based on naval relevance and scientific and technologicalopportunity. An important aspect of D&I is the investment in essential and uniquedisciplines, such as the National Naval Responsibility (NNR) including oceanacoustics, underwater weapons, underwater medicine, and naval engineering. D&Iinvestments are planned and coordinated to leverage other military services,FY 2011 Department of the Navy Budget 5–31