"It is important to consider that corporate R&D decisions and investments in this sector are often driven by the directives and future mission requirements tied to the federal government funding that these companies receive for both research services and procurement. Thus, corporate aerospace, defense, and national security R&D is more strongly tied to federal budget priorities than any other sector."
Try this link, that one was incomplete. http://www.rdmag.com/articles/2011/12/2012-global-r-d-funding-forecast-industrial-r-daero-defense Outline of federal funding for aerospace R&D, 75 billion in 2012.
http://www.rdmag.com/articles/2011/12/2012-global-r-d-funding-forecast-industrial-r-daero-defense
Chuck,
The military labs I know about employ contractors to do the real R&D. Now, I am sure there are exceptions, but by far the bulk of the new technology developed by the government is done through contracts with private enterprise.
________________________________ From: Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 6:32 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Mars exploration
Not strictly true, Brent, there are military labs that are engaged in R&D. To be fair, they exist because of preliminary work done by private industry. But the military does pick up where the grants fall-off, in many cases.
On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 5:55 PM, Brent Watson <brentjwatson@yahoo.com>wrote:
The government does not do R&D. The government funds SOME R&D. The actual work is done by private industry. I've been on both sides.
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