Government.Government: Total US federal government obligations for R&D rose 3.5% in fiscal 2005 to $110.2 billion, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. preliminary estimates. Excluding R&D facilities and fixed equipment, such as reactors and wind tunnels wind tunnel, apparatus for studying the interaction between a solid body and an airstream. A wind tunnel simulates the conditions of an aircraft in flight by causing a high-speed stream of air to flow past a model of the aircraft (or part of an aircraft) being tested. , obligations rose 3.7% to $106.5 million. Obligations for development climbed 7.3% to $51.8 billion, while obligations for basic research rose 1.6% to $26.9 billion and applied research obligations fell 0.06% to $27.8 billion. R&D outlays Outlays Payments on obligations in the form of cash, checks, the issuance of bonds or notes, or the maturing of interest coupons. increased 5.7% in fiscal 2005 to $106.7 billion. Excluding R&D facilities and fixed equipment, outlays increased 6.0% to $103.1 million. Source: National Science Foundation |
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