Contact: Chris McManes IEEE-USA/AAES Seeks $10 Billion for Support of Department of Defense Science and Technology Program WASHINGTON (28 March 2001) - Dr. Allan C. Schell, a member of IEEE- USA's Research and Development Policy Committee, Wednesday asked the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense to provide funding of at least $10 billion for the Department of Defense Science and Technology Program (accounts 6.1 - 6.3) for Fiscal Year 2002. Schell, who spoke on behalf of the American Association of Engineering Societies (AAES), asked the subcommittee to fund the DoD S&T Program accounts for basic research (6.1), applied research (6.2) and advanced technology development (6.3). The funds not only help the United States to promote and maintain its technological superiority on the battlefield, they have a major impact on the nation's intellectual infrastructure, Schell testified. The S&T Program supports a major share of university research, including 65 percent of total federal investment in electrical engineering and 66 percent of total federal investment in mechanical engineering. "The ability of tomorrow's soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines to meet the challenges of an increasingly sophisticated battle space will depend in large measure on the vision of Congress and the Administration," Schell said. "To address those challenges, we must be prepared to invest in science and technology today." The DoD's S&T Program supports the fundamental research, development and demonstrations in sciences and technologies identified as important to military capabilities and operations. This includes the development of the nation's high-tech weapons systems and the technology base upon which they rely. IEEE-USA is an organizational unit of the IEEE created in 1973 to promote the careers and public-policy interests of the more than 230,000 electrical, electronics, computer and software engineers who are U.S. members of the IEEE. The IEEE is the world's largest technical professional society with over 360,000 members in 150 countries. For more information, visit us online at http://www.ieeeusa.org. The AAES is a multidisciplinary organization dedicated to advancing the knowledge, understanding, and practice of engineering in the public interest. Its members represent the mainstream of U.S. engineering-affecting over 1 million engineers in industry, government and education. For more information, go to http://www.aaes.org. See text of testimony at: http://www.ieeeusa.org/forum/POLICY/01march28.html The Institute of
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