Advancing Ocean Science to the Navy s Advantage

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1 Advancing Ocean Science to the Navy s Advantage RDML Tim Gallaudet Oceanographer & Navigator of the Navy Director, Task Force Ocean Director, Task Force Climate Change Commander Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command

2 % Explored % Seabed mapped to modern standards % Changing at the most rapid rate humans have seen We Must Know The Ocean Better Than The Competition To Win 2

3 We need to up our game and stay ahead of the competition - Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral John Richardson 3

4 The United States competitive advantage in ocean science that matters to the U.S. Navy is eroding. The U.S. Navy's competitive advantage in understanding and exploiting the ocean environment is also eroding. The U.S. Navy lacks the capability and capacity to exploit the full range of ocean science and technology development in the U.S. 4

5 Academic Research Fleet ( ) Navy Oceanographic Survey Ship Fleet ( ) (1993) 18 6 Navy Oceanography Enterprise ( ) Naval Research Laboratory Employees ( ) Physical Scientists & Oceanographers 408 Physicists & Geophysicists oceanography acoustics 54 Steady Decline from Cold War Era Peaks 5

6 $B Federal Research by Discipline (FY16 dollars) Biomedical Engineering Physical Science Life Science Env. Sciences Math/Computer Sc. NSF, ,000 5,000 4,000 3,000 U.S. (solid) vs non-u.s. (dashed) Postdocs at U.S. Institutions Engineering Physical Science Earth/Atmosphere/ Ocean Sciences Mathematics U.S. Non-U.S NSF, , , Non-U.S. Nationals Exploiting Larger Piece of Flat-lined Spending 6

7 The Competition is Catching Up We Need to Up Our Game To Maintain Our Competitive Advantage 7

8 Mission: Advance ocean science in the U.S. to ensure that the U.S. Navy maintains a competitive advantage in our ability to understand and exploit the ocean environment Tasks: Assess the state of Navyrelevant ocean science in the U.S. Assess the U.S. Navy's capability and capacity to understand and exploit the ocean environment Develop and implement a five-year roadmap that outlines objectives, tasks, and metrics for advancing ocean science in the U.S. and the U.S. Navy's capability and capacity to understand and exploit the ocean environment 8

9 Executive Steering Committee Co-chairs Executive Outreach Group Working Groups Sensing/ Observations Understanding/ Prediction Naval Application Human Capital Strategic Communications 9

10 U.S. Government Academia Private Sector and others and others and others We re Networked with Long-Standing Relationships 10

11 U.S. Ocean Science Enterprise With a Common Goal to Advance Science in the U.S. 11

12 Sensing / Observation Modeling / Prediction Acoustic Propagation Model Application / Decision Aids Human Capital / Technical Workforce Led by Use-Driven Ocean Science 12

13 The U.S. Navy's capability and capacity to exploit the full range of science and technology development in the U.S. advance through increased permeability between the Navy and government, academia, and the private sector. Navy-relevant ocean science infrastructure (people, stuff, and money) in the U.S. remains measurably ahead of our competitors The U.S. Navy's capability and capacity to understand and exploit the ocean environment remain measurably ahead of our competitors. 13

14 Points of Contact CDR Ben Jones, Deputy Director, Task Force Ocean Office of the Oceanographer and Navigator of the Navy Phone: Mr. Frank Baker, Deputy Executive Director Office of the Oceanographer and Navigator of the Navy Phone: Ms. Emily Chandler, NOAA Sea Grant Knauss Marine Policy Fellow Office of the Oceanographer and Navigator of the Navy Phone: Mr. Brian Leshak, Public Affairs Officer Office of the Oceanographer and Navigator of the Navy Phone: