Title: Langley Research Center
1 Langley Research Center
Financial Status to Contractor Steering Council
2Outline
Outline
- Synopsis
- Budget Status
- Business Base
- Challenges
- Opportunities
- Summary
3Synopsis
Synopsis
- NASA Budget evolving toward Exploration
- Additional Near-term financial challenges to
ensure Shuttle Return to Flight and Hubble
Servicing Mission - Center Financial Challenges
- Evolving business base
- Business Base/Institution Imbalance
- High Overhead
- Aging Facilities
- New team opportunity for change
- Increase business base
- More flexible workforce
- Reduce Overhead
- Consolidate eliminate unused facilities
4The Space Exploration Vision
January 14, 2004
5Strategy Based on Long-Term Affordability
Budget Status
in millions
Pres. FY05 Five-Year Budget Plan
NOTE
Exploration missions Robotic and eventual human
missions to Moon, Mars, and beyond Human/Robotic
Technology Technologies to enable development
of exploration space systems Crew Exploration
Vehicle Transportation vehicle for human
explorers ISS Transport US and foreign launch
systems to support Space Station needs especially
after Shuttle retirement
6Budget Status
NASA LaRC Current State (2005)
Founded in 1917 1st civil aeronautical
research laboratory
- 707 M Total Budget
- 668M Mission budget
- 39M External business
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- Infrastructure/Facilities
- 788 acres, 255 Buildings
- 2-4 B replacement value (1B book)
- Workforce
- 2,100 Civil Servants
- 1,500 Contractors
Space Science 24m
Exploration Systems 84m
Earth Science 92m
Engineering Safety 58m
External Business 39m
Aeronautics 387m
Education 7m
Space Flight 16m
7Langley Expertise Critical to Vision
Business Base
8Business Base
Historical LaRC Budget Trend
Real Year Dollars (M)
Adjusted for Inflation (M)
9Challenges
Challenges
- Business Base Imbalance
- Evolving business base
- Workforce inflexibility
- High percentage of permanent civil service staff
- High Overhead
- Technical Burden and GA
- Aging/costly facilities
- High Backlog of Maintenance Repair (BMAR)
10Overhead
Challenges
Overhead Burden (Technical) Center GA
- Burden (Technical) 110M
- Center GA 132M (110M excluding CofF)
- Total Overhead 242M
- Burden (Technical)
- SE 74M
- Other indirects 36M
- Burden for SE inc. estimated procurements
- 19M for indirect salaries
- 22M for procurements
- 31M for FRS/IT
- 2M for travel
- 74M
- Other indirects salary/benefits, IT, FRS of
indirect personnel working non-SE service pools
11Facilities
Challenges
- Aging facilities are costly
- Increasing maintenance related costs
- Increasing BMAR
- Overcapacity unaffordable
- Requires disciplined approach on building/ space
consolidation and usage
- FY 2003 Maint. Utilities 40M
- FY 2003 BMAR 32M
BMAR -- Backlog of Maintenance Repair
12Opportunities
Opportunities
- Business Base
- Obtain new business via Exploration and Science
- Seek innovative business opportunities
- 14x22 facility using an alternative pricing model
to help attract new customers for cost sharing
and enable a smooth transition to ROME - Workforce
- Planned 2005 buyout to help achieve reshaping of
workforce - More term workforce
- More flexible contractual arrangements
- Overhead
- Conducting rigorous cost reviews of all services
and overhead - Seeking reductions to services and overhead of
25 - Facilities
- Complete planned space consolidations associated
with re-organization - Seeking cost sharing partnerships and/or other
plant innovations
13Summary
Summary
- NASA Budget evolving toward Exploration
- Near-term financial challenges for Shuttle and
Hubble - Center Financial Challenges
- Evolving business base
- Business Base/Institution Imbalance
- High Overhead
- Aging Facilities
- New team opportunity for change
- Increase business base
- More flexible workforce
- Reduce Overhead
- Consolidate eliminate unused facilities