NOAAs Draft Ten Year Ship and Aircraft Fleet Plans and the FY 2004 NMAO Budget

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NOAA Marine and Aviation Operations
NOAAs Draft Ten Year Ship and Aircraft Fleet
Plans and the FY 2004 NMAO Budget
NOAA Science Advisory Board March 18, 2003
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NOAA Ships
DYSON in FY04
RAINIER
ALBATROSS IV
MILLER FREEMAN
FAIRWEATHER in 2004
FSV 2 in 2006
MOC SEATTLE
WOODS HOLE
(4)
(2)
MISSIONS
INDOMITABLE (McARTHUR II)
DELAWARE II
Charting Mapping Fisheries Research Oceanographi
c Research Environmental Assessment
LITTLEHALES
JOHN COBB
MOC NORFOLK
(2)
DAVID STARR JORDAN
RUDE - SWATH Repl
CHARLESTON
SAN DIEGO
(2)
(1)
PASCAGOULA
FE
(2)
NANCY FOSTER
RONALD H. BROWN
GORDON GUNTER
Honolulu HAWAII
OSCAR SETTE
(2)
OREGON II
KAIMIMOANA
VINDICATOR in FY 2005
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Ship Requirements
DRAFT
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Ten Year NOAA Ship Plan
DRAFT
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Current Aircraft
Minneapolis (2)
MISSIONS
Silver Spring (1)
Charting Mapping Fisheries Research Hurricane
Research Environmental Assessment
Santa Barbara (1)
AOC Tampa (9)
(2)
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Aircraft Requirements
DRAFT
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Ten Year NOAA Aircraft Plan
DRAFT
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Ten Year NOAA Aircraft Plan
DRAFT
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FY 2004 NMAO Budget
NMAO Discretionary Budget Summary (Dollars in
Thousands)
Budget Line Items Marine Services, Fleet
Planning and Maintenance, Aircraft Services
(Operating Funds - ORF), Fleet Replacement,
Aircraft Replacement, Construction (Capital
Asset Funds - PAC) FY 2003 Appropriation FY
2004 Presidents Less Recission Budget Total
NMAO Budget 169,713 118,274
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Ship and Aircraft Support Summary
All Funding Sources
Ship Support Operating Days NOAA
Ships 4050 Outsourced 4150 Total 8200
Contracts for Hydrographic Data -
18,000k Aircraft Support Flight Hours NOAA
Aircraft 3815 Outsourced 2880 Total 6695 Contr
acts for Data - 8,200k Excludes Hurricane
Reconnaissance Flight Hours Provide By USAF
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Marine Operations and Maintenance
FY 2004 Presidents Budget - 89,674

• Supports
• 16 NOAA ships - operations and maintenance for
  4050 operating days
• Outsourcing for 700 operating days
• NOAA Diving Program
• Commissioned Officers assigned throughout NOAA
• NOAA small boat safety program
• FY 2004 Initiatives
• FAIRWEATHER operations and maintenance
• International Maritime Organization Safety
  Standards
• NOAA Corps strength increase

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NOAA Ships in FY 2004
RAINIER
ALBATROSS IV
MILLER FREEMAN
FAIRWEATHER in 2004
MOC SEATTLE
WOODS HOLE
(4)
(2)
MISSIONS
DELAWARE II
INDOMITABLE (McARTHUR II)
Charting Mapping Fisheries Research Oceanographi
c Research Environmental Assessment
LITTLEHALES
JOHN COBB
MOC NORFOLK
(2)
DAVID STARR JORDAN
RUDE - SWATH Repl
CHARLESTON
SAN DIEGO
(2)
(1)
PASCAGOULA
FE
(2)
NANCY FOSTER
RONALD H. BROWN
GORDON GUNTER
Honolulu HAWAII
OSCAR SETTE
(2)
OREGON II
KAIMIMOANA
VINDICATOR in FY 2005
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Fleet Replacement Summary
FY 2004 Presidents Budget - 0

• Projects underway from previous years funding
• Fishery Survey Vessel 1, OSCAR DYSON, will be
  home ported in Alaska delivery August 2004
• Fishery Survey Vessel 2, ALBATROSS IV
  replacement delivery August 2006
• VINDICATOR, or HIIALAKAI, will collect coral
  reef data in Hawaii conversion completion in
  October 2003 but no operating funds requested in
  FY 2004
• FAIRWEATHER Refurbishment completion February
  2004
• SWATH Survey Vessel will replace RUDE delivery
  March 2005

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Aircraft Services
FY 2004 Presidents Budget - 18,267

• Supports
• 13 aircraft - operation and maintenance for 2025
  flight hours
• Two WP-3Ds and G-IV mission ready for hurricane
  surveillance, reconnaissance, and research from
  June 1- December 1
• G-IV mission ready for winter storms from
  January 15- March 15
• Turbo Commander/Shrike mission ready for snow
  surveys January 1 - March 1
• Aircraft instrumentation operation and
  maintenance
• FY 2004 Initiatives
• Aircraft and instrumentation maintenance
• Aircraft safety and regulatory items

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NOAA Aircraft in FY 2004
Minneapolis (2)
MISSIONS
Silver Spring (1)
Charting Mapping Fisheries Research Hurricane
Research Environmental Assessment
Santa Barbara (1)
AOC Tampa (9)
(2)
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Aircraft Replacement Summary
FY 2004 Presidents Budget - 9,138

• G-IV Instrumentation upgrade to provide improved
  data for next generation NWS numerical prediction
  models for hurricane track, intensity and
  landfall
• Aircraft regulatory and safety upgrades to meet
  FAA and International Civil Aviation Organization
  requirements
• Turbo Commander replacement for snow surveys
  used for flood prediction and water management
• WP-3D navigation system upgrade

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FY 2004 NMAO Budget Summary by NOAA Mission Goal


Mission Goal Amount Ecosystem
Management 50,200 Understand Climate
Variability 18,900 Weather and Water
Information 22,800 Support the Nations Commerce
26,400 Total 118, 300