Your program has a proposed RDT&E-funded project scheduled to start in January 2005 which is expected to take 16 months to complete. The project is expected to cost a total of $16 million (then-year dollars), with cost expected to be incurred at a rate of $1 million per month. The work to be performed under this project is Non-Divisible effort. It also has been determined that no contractor is willing to accept a contract for less than the entire 16 months of effort. What is the correct amount to include in your budget request for this project?

$ 9 million for FY04 and $ 7 million for FY05
$ 9 million for FY05 and $ 7 million for FY06
$ 16 million for FY05 and $ 0 million for FY06
$ 16 million for FY04 and $ 0 million for FY05

The correct amount to include in your budget request for this project is:

$16 million for FY05 and $0 million for FY06.

The correct amount to include in the budget request for this project would be:

$ 9 million for FY04 and $ 7 million for FY05

To calculate the budget request, we need to consider the funding profile of the project. In this case, the project is expected to cost a total of $16 million and take 16 months to complete. Since the cost is expected to be incurred at a rate of $1 million per month, we can divide the total cost by the total duration to determine the monthly cost:

$16 million / 16 months = $1 million per month

Now, we know that no contractor is willing to accept a contract for less than the entire 16 months of effort. Therefore, we need to allocate the entire 16 months' worth of funding in the budget request.

Since the project is scheduled to start in January 2005, FY04 would cover the period from October 2004 to September 2005, and FY05 would cover the period from October 2005 to September 2006.

Therefore, the correct budget request would be:
$9 million for FY04 (covering October 2004 to September 2005)
$7 million for FY05 (covering October 2005 to September 2006)

Therefore, the correct answer is:
$ 9 million for FY04 and $ 7 million for FY05