If all goes as scheduled, the full Senate Appropriations Committee
will meet this afternoon to mark up H.R. 4650, the Defense
Appropriations Bill for FY 1995.  There is good news for the
university community in the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee
bill marked-up earlier this week.  Under Senator Inouye's
(D-Hawaii) version of this bill, $821 million of the $900 million
cut by the House in university research funding has been restored.
This matter is, however, far from being settled.

The Coalition for National Security Research (CNSR) has issued an FY 2012 statement calling on Congress to fully fund the Pentagon’s request for the 6.1 basic research, 6.2 applied research, and 6.3 advanced technology development programs.

CNSR describes itself as “a broadly-based coalition of industry, research universities, and associations united by a commitment to a stronger Defense S&T base.”  The American Institute of Physics and several of its Member Societies participate in the Coalition.

The Obama Administration has sent its FY 2010 budget request for the Department of Defense to Congress. DOD’s total budget would increase by 4 percent to $664 billion.

The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) produced a 100 page budget justification document, “RDT&E Programs (R-1)” providing considerable numerical detail on the FY2010 request. The below “FY 2010 request” figures are from this document.

The Committee questions whether never-ending budget growth in basic research is wise, particularly in the context of the Administration's failure to adequately address the Defense Department's weapon system modernization needs." - House Appropriations Committee