Budget Highlights Book - DON FM&C Website - U.S. Navy

February 2010Rebalancing Investment to Meet Global RequirementsIn addition, the FY 2011 budget continues to finance joint non‐lethal weaponsresearch, development and testing; a program for which the Marine Corps serves asthe executive agent.Management and SupportResearch, Development, Test, and Evaluation Management Support funds:• Research and development installations• Efforts required for general research and development use• Operation of the Navy’s test range sites and facilities• Operational Test and Evaluation• Dedicated research and development aircraft and ship operations• Target and threat simulator development efforts• S&T ManagementSeventy‐five percent of management and support funding in FY 2011 supports theMajor Range and Test Facilities Base, necessary to conduct independent test andevaluation assessments for all Navy ship, submarine, aircraft, weapons, combatsystems, and other development, acquisition, and operational systemimprovements.The remaining research activities support platform research and developmentefforts and have been discussed as applicable in the previous sections. Figure 39provides Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy summary data at thebudget activity level.5–34 FY 2011 Department of the Navy Budget