Department of Defense Directed Energy Weapons: Background and Issues for Congress
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| Appendix B. Funding for Directed Energy Programs 91 DOD appears to provide some summary funding information for DE programs in budget documentation. For example, in the FY Defense Budget Overview document, the department stated it planned to request $235 million for certain offensive and defensive DE capabilities, including implementing DE applications for base defense, testing and procuring multiple types of lasers, and researching and developing scalable high-power density applications The document does not detail which specific programs, projects, and activities are associated with this funding. It does not appear to include all of the department’s DE programs, projects, and activities. The following sections provide estimates, based on keyword searches, of how much funding DOD has requested for DE programs, how much funding Congress has authorized for these DOD DE programs, and how much funding Congress has appropriated for these DOD DE programs. CRS is unable to authoritatively identify all DOD funding associated with DE, in part because the department’s budget documents do not include standard data elements identifying all funding associated with such work and do not require financial managers to explicitly reference certain words or terms in program and project descriptions. Download 1.8 Mb. Share with your friends:
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