Attachment_6_-_Funding_Types.docx

The information in this attachment is intended to assist Government Comptrollers in determining the appropriateness of using Appropriated funding on this contract, and is provided for reference only. Provided below are definitions of the use of appropriated funding on this contract, which can be compared with the Task Order (TO) work statement and appropriation type.

A map between appropriation types and the functional performance requirements in the Performance Work Statement (PWS) is also provided.

Uses of Appropriate Funds Listed below are the approved uses of appropriated and non-appropriated funds on this contract.

1. Research, Design, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) Appropriations. (RDT&EN, RDT&EA, RDT&EAF)

· Engineering and technical support of the operation of Simulation Division RDT&E laboratories and facilities.

· Engineering and technical support of the maintenance and improvement of infrastructure (laboratories, equipment, systems and software) supporting basic and applied research efforts and test and evaluation.

· Direct support of test and evaluation activities for air-vehicles, air-vehicle systems, and supporting systems and equipment.

· Direct support of research and development of pre-production air-vehicle systems and air-vehicle modifications/upgrades.

· Development of simulation systems, software and databases for use in the support of air-vehicle system research, development, test and evaluation.

· Development of prototype training systems for pre-production air-vehicles and supporting equipment.

· Support for research and development of non-platform specific initiatives and standards, such as distributed simulation, open architecture avionics, and database standardization.

2. Aircraft Procurement (AP) Appropriations. (APN, APA, APAF)

· Development of systems, software and databases to be used to support fleet training.

· Improvement of simulation systems and software used for fleet training.

· Verification, validation and accreditation (VV&A) of aircraft support systems and software, including training products.

3. Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Appropriations. (O&MN, O&MA, O&MAF) Note: O&M funding shall not be used for operation and maintenance of RDT&E infrastructure and systems.

· Maintenance and repair of deployed out-of-production simulation training systems and software.

· Operational support of deployed out-of-production simulation training systems and software.

4. Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Funding.

· Development and implementation of simulation systems, training devices, software, and databases in support of FMS efforts.

· Support of research, design, test, and evaluation activities in support of foreign military sales efforts.

Funding of Functional Performance Requirements Functional performance requirements – the functions required to execute TO requirements – are outlined below in Section 4.0 of the Performance Work Statement (PWS). The applicability of each functional performance requirement to funding types is indicated in the table below.

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