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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022
U.S. SENATE,
SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS,
Washington, DC.
NONDEPARTMENTAL WITNESSES
[CLERK'S NOTE.-The subcommittee was unable to hold hearings
on nondepartmental witnesses. The statements and letters of those
submitting written testimony are as follows:]
PREPARED STATEMENT OF THE COALITION FOR NATIONAL SECURITY RESEARCH
Dear Chairman Tester and Ranking Member Shelby, and distinguished Members
of the subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to submit outside witness testi-
mony as you begin to craft the fiscal year (FY) 2022 Defense Appropriations bill.
The Coalition for National Security Research (CNSR) (https://cnsr4research.org/) is
a broad-based alliance of more than 100 members from industry, academia, sci-
entific and professional associations, and non-profits conducting vital scientific re-
search to create new and improve existing technologies and capabilities to support
the U.S. Department of Defense's (DoD) operations.
With nearly 70 percent of Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E)
conducted extramurally,1 DoD relies on its partners such as CNSR members to per-
form the RDT&E that will provide the Department the technologies and capabilities
it needs to secure our national security. If the United States military is to maintain
its technological advantage during great power competition, it is imperative that we
make robust investments in the Defense Science and Technology (S&T) enterprise,
including strengthening the future defense workforce. As noted by the Defense
Science Board (DSB), lower funding levels for Defense S&T could threaten the domi-
nance of the U.S. military.2
FISCAL YEAR 2022 BUDGET REQUEST FOR THE DEFENSE S&T PROGRAM
The Biden-Harris Interim National Security Strategic Guidance states that the
United States will double down on science and technology investments and support
cutting-edge technologies and capabilities that will advance our military and na-
tional security in the future.3 In addition, the National Defense Strategy (NDS) calls
for establishing an unmatched twenty-first century national security innovation
base and sustaining Joint Force military advantages.4 Unfortunately, the FY 2022
budget fails to meet the commitment in the Interim National Security Strategic
Guidance and request the appropriate resources to implement the NDS.
While the budget requests the RDT&E top line ever, it simultaneously calls for
cutting Defense S&T funding within the larger portfolio by 13% or more than $2.1
billion. The budget also requests cutting defense basic research, the type of research
that makes discoveries to enable future technologies and military capabilities, by
14.5% or more than $388 million. With China investing three times more annually
in R&D than the U.S. and likely to be the world's top R&D performer in the near
lhttps://ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsf21329.
2https://dsb.cto.mil/reports/1990s/DefenseScienceandTechnologyBaseforthe2lstCentury.pdf.
3https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/03/03/interim-national-
security-strategic-guidance/.
4https://dod.defense.gov/Portals/1/Documents/pubs/2018-National-Defense-Strategy-Sum-
mary.pdf.
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