NOAA s s Ship and Aircraft Support Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO) University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) Annual Meeting Arlington, Virginia October 13, 2009
Overview NOAA Ship and Aircraft Accomplishments in FY2009 NOAA Ship and Aircraft Activities/Changes in FY2009 and FY2010 Budget FY2009 and FY2010 NOAA Ships and Homeports in FY2010 NOAA Aircraft and Bases in FY2010 NOAA Ship and Aircraft Acquisition Updates NOAA Vessel Homeporting: Newport, Oregon NOAA Ship Recapitalization Plan o Fleet Recapitalization #1 o Fleet Recapitalization #2 NOAA s Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO) 2
NOAA Ship & Aircraft Accomplishments in FY2009 Operating Days and Flight Hours Accomplished NOAA s Fleet of 19 vessels executed 3557 Operating Days. NOAA outsourced a total of 1903 charter Operating Days. o o 329 Charter Operating Days using UNOLS vessels 1574 Charter Operating Days using private and commercial NOAA aircraft executed a total of 3119 flight hours. o o 1916 Aircraft Services Flight Hours 1203 Program Flight Hours 2294 Charter Flight Hours NOAA s Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO) 3
NOAA Ship & Aircraft Activities/Changes in FY2009 and FY2010 Ship and Aircraft Activities/Changes: NOAA Ship s Albatross IV decommissioned on November 20, 2008 after 47 years of service. David Starr Jordan will be decommissioned in FY2010 after 44 years of service. King Air delivered to NOAA and conducting shakedown flights. Will replace NOAA Citation when the aircraft begins operational missions. o Citation has provided 22 years of service to NOAA. Lake will be transferred to another agency o Lake has provided 15 years of service to NOAA. NOAA Twin Otter based in Monterey, California for regional operations. Shakedown cruises being conducted aboard NOAA Ship Pisces in preparation for programmatic operations in FY2010. Bell M. Shimada is expected to be delivered to NOAA in FY2010. NOAA s Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO) 4
NOAA/OMAO Budget for FY2009 FY2009 OMAO Omnibus Bill o Data Acquisition/Fleet Planning and Maintenance and Aircraft Services ($17.5M Above FY2009 President s Budget) Fuel Additional Flight Hours Multibeam and echosounder equipment Vessel and shoreside staffing Small boat replacements and mission sensors Ship Maintenance Stimulus Package American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) o Vessel maintenance and Repair ($20M) Major repairs for Oregon II and Rainier Drydockings for five other vessels o Vessel Construction ($78M) Construction of FSV 6 NOAA s Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO) 5
NOAA/OMAO Budget for FY2010 Current FY2010 President s Budget will fund ~3400 base operating days for the NOAA Fleet o Anticipate funding for an additional 281 program funded sea days Current FY2010 President s Budget will fund 2435 Aircraft Services flight hours o Anticipate funding for an additional 1590 program flight hours NOAA s Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO) 6
NOAA Ships and Homeports in FY2010 KODIAK, AK (1) OSCAR DYSON DAVID STARR JORDAN HI IALAKAI KETCHIKAN, AK (1) FAIRWEATHER MILLER FREEMAN BELL M. SHIMADA RAINIER MOC-PACIFIC SEATTLE, WA (4) McARTHUR II SAN DIEGO (1) 20 Ships 11 Homeports MISSIONS Nautical Charting Fisheries Research Oceanographic Research Coastal Monitoring Ocean Exploration FERDINAND R. HASSLER PASCAGOULA (3) MOC-ATLANTIC NORFOLK, VA (1) CHARLESTON (2) DELAWARE II HENRY B. BIGELOW OKEANOS EXPLORER THOMAS JEFFERSON OSCAR ELTON SETTE GORDON GUNTER RONALD H. BROWN NANCY FOSTER PEARL HARBOR (3) KA IMIMOANA PISCES OREGON II NOAA s Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO) 7
NOAA Aircraft and Bases in FY2010 12 Aircraft SHRIKE COMMANDER Minneapolis (2) JET PROP COMMANDER MISSIONS Monterey, CA (1) Charting and Mapping Fisheries Research Hurricane Research Manassas, VA (1) KING AIR 350ER Environmental Assessment TWIN OTTER (1) AOC Tampa, FL (8) P-3 (3) SHRIKE COMMANDER GULFSTREAM IV TWIN OTTER (3) NOAA s Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO) 8
NOAA Ship and Aircraft Acquisition Updates Issue: Ongoing construction issues has contributed to lengthy delays in delivery of Ferdinand R. Hassler and Bell M. Shimada. NOAA continues to work with primary contractor to expedite delivery. Status: Projected delivery of Ferdinand R. Hassler is currently March, 2010. Bell M. Shimada Acceptance Trials were conducted August 24, 2009 through August 27, 2009. Bell M. Shimada Acoustic Trials were conducted September 26 28, 2009. Results indicate multiple issues. Bell M. Shimada s delivery pending solutions to the acoustic exceedences and other outstanding items. Ferdinand R. Hassler being lifted into the water Bell M. Shimada NOAA s Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO) 9
NOAA Ship and Aircraft Acquisition Updates Status: Pisces Acoustic Trial at USN s AUTEC Range in the Bahamas was conducted on July 21 23, 2009. Initial testing showed abnormal oscillation of SSDG #1. Working on problem. Pisces A third P 3 aircraft is scheduled to be delivered to NOAA in the first quarter of FY2010. After installation of main data system, new communication system and advanced avionics, the aircraft will support Air Chemistry and Atmospheric Research missions. WP-3D Aircraft NOAA s Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO) 10
NOAA Vessel Homeporting: Newport, Oregon Status: The lease for Marine Operations Center Pacific (MOC P) in Lake Union, WA expires in June, 2011. NOAA followed a competitive solicitation process in Washington and Oregon to award a new lease. On August 7, 2009 NOAA signed a 20 year lease with the Port of Newport, Oregon. In 2011 Newport will serve as homeport for Marine Operations Center Pacific berthing four NOAA vessels NOAA s Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO) 11
NOAA Ship Recapitalization Plan Ecosystems NOAA Ship Recapitalization Plan FY 2010 to FY 2024 Revised 3/23/09 Ecosystems Commerce & Transportation Climate First/last year of operations RG 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 1 DAVID STARR JORDAN FSV6 Note Below* Note: 44 years old at time of retirement 2 OREGON II FSV5 MRP Note: 48 years old at time of retirement 3 MILLER FREEMAN FSV7 MRP Note: 50 years old at time of retirement 4 RAINIER NSV1 MRP Note: 50 years old at time of retirement 5 6 HI'IALAKAI NSV2 MCARTHUR II NSV3 MRP ` MRP Note: 37 years old at time of retirement Note: 35 years old at time of retirement 7 OSCAR ELTON SETTE NSV4 MRP Note: 35 years old at time of retirement 8 KA'IMIMOANA SLE 9 10 GORDON GUNTER NSV6 FAIRWEATHER NSV7 Note: 50 years old at time of retirement MRP Note: Charter support for FAIRWEATHER until 2026, when NSV7 is planned to begin operations Average Age of the Fleet 27.6 28.2 24.1 21.4 22.4 23.4 23.2 24.2 24.0 22.5 23.5 21.8 18.4 17.4 18.4 18.4 17.4 16.5 Number of Ships 19 21 20 20 20 20 21 22 21 19 20 20 19 18 19 20 20 19 * David Starr Jordan missions accomplished by Miller Freeman and McArthur II until Shimada begins operations in FY 2010, then FSV6 in 2013. NOAA s Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO) 12
Fleet Recapitalization 1: Fishery Survey Vessels Two (i.e., Oscar Dyson and Henry B. Bigelow) of seven planned acoustically quiet Fisheries Survey Vessels (FSVs)are currently conducting operations. Two more FSVs (i.e., Pisces and Bell M. Shimada) expected to be fully operational in FY2010. $3M in PAC funds are anticipated in FY10 to continue design work for FSV 5. RFP closing date for FSV 6 construction was September 24, 2009 and Source Evaluation Board will convene to select contractor. Projected award March, 2010. Ship Homeport Commissioning Date Oscar Dyson Kodiak, AK 2005 Henry Bigelow Newport, RI 2007 Pisces Pascagoula, MS 2009 Bell M. Shimada Seattle, WA Newport, OR 2010 FSV 5 (shallow draft) Pascagoula, MS 2015 FSV 6 San Diego, CA 2013 FSV 7 Newport, OR 2018 11
Fleet Recapitalization 2: NOAA Survey Vessels (NSVs) Six additional multi mission NOAA Survey Vessels (NSVs) will be placed in service between 2018 and 2024: o NSVs will replace: Two hydrographic survey vessels Four fisheries/ecosystem research vessels o NSV mission requirements are currently being analyzed. They are projected to have a common baseline configuration, with minor variations to support specific missions (e.g. hydrographic survey or fisheries/ecosystem research). One currently active ship which maintains buoy arrays used to understand climate change and El Nino Southern Oscillation events will undergo a service life extension. Phase II Recapitalization Plan being drafted to include entire fleet and look at cost effective ways to collect in situ data which may include use of other types of technology in addition to ships. 13