R&D COST INFORMATION ON SYSTEMS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75B00380R000100050059-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 26, 2006
• Sequence Number: 59
• Publication Date: August 10, 1973
• Content Type: MF

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DD/SF1T-2446-73
10 August 1973
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, Office of Planning, Programming, and Budgeting
ATTENTION:
SUBJECT:
1. In response to your inquiry of 9 August on behalf of Mr. Preston
of the House Appropriations Committee 'ed ORD and OEL for
budgetary figures on
2. I Ican be divided into three phases: the first of
which was for studies and planning; the second is for development and
testing; and the third for prototype construction. The funding of these
phases has been or will be as follows:
Phase I
Phase II
(Reserve Release)
Phase III
TOTAL R&D
Funding for Phases II and III is
type vehicles.
FY 73
FY 74
for payloads and proto-
25X1A 3. I Imust be handled in a slightly different manner
25X1A since the eserve a ease I includes funding for some work on
operational systems. The funding summary is as follows:
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erational System Funds
*Reserve Release
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S E C R E T IMPDET
RFD Cost Information on Systems
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SUBJECT: RFD Cost Information on System
TOTALS: RFD
Operational
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25X1A Although some Isystem "development" is connected
with Operational System Procurement, most funds are for fabrication and
25X1A test of operational system hardware and are not considered as RFD
expenditures. The relatively small expenditure II for RFD results 2 5X1A
2 5X1A from the fact that r -7 uses technology developed under the
25X1A Program. Total expenditures through FY 1973.
25X1 A are approximately represent RFD funds. The 25X1 A
estimated for procurement an testing of operational systems wil e
reestimated in November 1973 when results of the System Definition and
at-sea testing have been analysed. It should be noted that if a
decision is made at this point not to proceed. with operatil s stem
procurement, most of the long 1e-a items procured with the ona 25X1A
reserve funds will be usable as part of Operational 25X1A
Systems.
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Comptroller
Directorate of
Science and Technology
S E C R E T
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