20061006 Congressman Bartlett announces 100M in Federal Funding for 6th Dist. and MD

20061006 Congressman Bartlett announces 100M in Federal Funding for 6^th Dist. and MD

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October 6, 2006

Congressman Roscoe Bartlett Announces Nearly $100 Million in Federal Funding That He Secured for Projects for District Six and Maryland Companies in FY 2007 Defense Legislation

Washington, DC - Congressman Roscoe Bartlett, Maryland’s only Member of Congress on an Armed Services Committee, served a vital role shaping defense legislation this year as Chairman of the Projection Forces Subcommittee as well as a Conferee to the Fiscal Year 2007 National Defense Authorization Act (FY07 NDAA). Along with securing $532.8 billion for our soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines and ensuring America’s continued naval superiority in the FY 07 NDAA, Congressman Bartlett also secured nearly $100 million dollars in federal funding in the FY 07 Defense Appropriations legislation for companies in the Sixth District and Maryland statewide. The funds will continue development of innovative technology and equipment providing the men and women in the Armed Forces with the best tools to complete their missions and win the war against terrorism.

“Our men and women serving in harm’s way deserve to bring only the best in technology and equipment to the fight so they can complete their missions and come home safe,” said Congressman Bartlett. “Each year I am grateful that I can apply more than twenty years of engineering and patenting experience along with my fourteen years on the House Armed Services Committee to make sure current and future generations of soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines are equipped with the best defense in the world. I work very hard to help our Armed Forces identify and acquire the capabilities to overcome any threat and I couldn’t be more proud of our Maryland companies who make such significant contributions to keeping Americans safe at home and abroad.”

In the FY07 NDAA, Congressman Bartlett advanced development of the Navy’s future fleet by funding the lead replacement amphibious assault ship and the dual lead DDG-1000 destroyers, while also providing advance procurement funds for the next generation aircraft carrier. It also continues to build-out the fleet of Virginia class attack submarines, San-Antonio class amphibious ships and Littoral Combat Ships and provides funds for the modernization of the Navy’s Arleigh Burke class destroyers and the Air Force's fleet of strategic airlift and bomber aircraft. These actions will ensure U.S. Navy will acquire the capabilities needed to meet future threats. Steps were also taken to ensure that current capabilities are not retired prematurely by requiring for the Department of Defense to maintain a minimum strategic airlift force structure of 299 aircraft and limiting retirements of KC-135E aerial refueling aircraft and B-52 bombers.

FY 07 Defense Appropriations Funding Secured by Congressman Bartlett

Maryland 6^th District Subtotal: 34.1M (M=millions)

Maryland Statewide Subtotal: 63.5M

Maryland 6^th District and Statewide Total: 97.6M

FY 07 Federal Defense Appropriations Funding Secured by Congressman Bartlett in Maryland’s 6^th District

Mack Truck/Volvo, Hagerstown, MD 3M

This $3M will accelerate Mack Truck’s development of an innovative hybrid electric powertrain for heavy-duty trucks for the military with potential for commercial applications. The new powertrain will reduce fossil fuel consumption; reduce maintenance costs and reduce emissions below 2007/2010 EPA standards. A first generation hybrid electric vehicle has been delivered to the Air Force for testing. Funds requested in FY07 will be used to improve the electrical system to deliver a better than 40% improvement in fuel efficiency.

Alliant Tech Systems, Rocket City, WV 12M

Though this plant is in West Virginia, most of the company’s employees live in Maryland’s 6^th district. This $12M is for Ballistic Trajectory Extended Range Munition (BTERM). BTERM provides a ballistic trajectory, Global Positioning System and Internal Navigation System guided solution to the Navy's requirement for affordable, long-range, precise fire in support of ground maneuver warfare and expanded littoral war fighting capability. Its optimized full system solution allows lower Average Unit Production Cost and higher reliability reducing life-cycle cost for Naval Surface Fire Support.

Northrop Grumman, Hagerstown, MD 5.6M

This $5.6M supports the production of the Advanced Surface Radar Technology (ASuRT) program within Northrop Grumman. The program will focus on the development and adaptation of electronic components to new form factors for application in the Navy’s next generation surface ship radar systems. These new innovations are promising lower cost modular surface ship radar designs that can be quickly and economically scaled to meet the Navy’s needs.

Invitrogen, Frederick, MD 1.1M

This $1.1M for immunoarray technology will provide the Defense Department’s biodefense program with a flexible analytical tool to support force protection,

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intelligence/threat assessment, and non-proliferation compliance monitoring. This technology will allow for rapid and inexpensive characterization of new and novel

pathogens, expedited development of countermeasures (vaccines and therapeutics) to biological threats, and provide a core technology for improved detectors and diagnostics.

Research Acquisition Building, Fort Detrick, MD 12.4M

This $12.4M will reduce a critical shortfall of administrative space at Fort Detrick. Two Fort Detrick activities have conducted operations out of substandard WWII wood facilities and trailers for more than 10 years. Funding this project now will synchronize construction activities with building demolition requirements and provide existing administrative facilities that do not have office, conference, or administrative support space the infrastructure they need to work effectively in a clean safe environment.

FY 07 Federal Defense Appropriations Funding Secured by Congressman Bartlett for Companies in Maryland

Smith Industries, Edgewood, MD 13.1M

$6.6M will go to the Army National Guard (ARNG) so Guard Members can be equipped with the same modern equipment used by Active Duty units. The ARNG has a requirement for over 18,000Automatic Chemical Agent Detection Alarms and has only 3,733 in inventory leaving an ARNG shortage of over 14,000 units. This will help fill that shortage and expedite equipment delivery to our troops. $6.5M will acquire Profiler equipment which provides critical meteorological information required for accurate artillery fire and optimizes the performance of both current and future artillery weapon systems. The Army National Guard readiness is compromised because of a critical equipment shortage in Profiler technology. This funding helps eliminate that shortage providing Maryland Guard members deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan with the most effective solution for artillery fire.

BD Technologies, Hunt Valley, MD 1.9M

This $1.9M supports research within the Defense Technology Objective for Alternative Delivery Methods for Recombinant Protein Vaccines program to protect military personnel deployed all over the world. It will be used to develop novel vaccine-delivery device combinations to improve the performance of biodefense vaccines. This funding will allow expanded clinical testing of vaccine/device products and continued development of scaleable technologies to produce powder biodefense vaccines.

Chesapeake Sciences, Annapolis, MD 1.3M

This $1.3M will accelerate development of the Navy’s TB-33 Fiber Optic Towed Array to field common Twinline thinline capability for submarine and surveillance platforms. Funding will allow for additional enhancements to the baseline TB-33 design that are

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required to establish a fiber optic approach that provides array architectural flexibility to meet both littoral and deep ocean operational needs providing fleet life-cycle cost savings

exceeding $200M over the life of the program when compared to conventional technologies.

Martin State Airport, Middle River, MD 8.8M

This $8.8M will support national defense and Maryland homeland security missions. It will provide a Fire and Rescue Station to support a fleet of A-10 Thunderbolt II and 8 C-130J Hercules aircraft and possible future Cargo Aircraft producing jobs and enhancing the safety of airport operations. Funding for this facility is two-fold: not only will this Fire Station serve the Martin State Airport, but it will also serve as the unique hazardous materials firefighting capability for both Baltimore and Harford Counties. This funding will support the local economy, Warfield Air National Guard base, and Martin State Airport, keeping the active Air National Guard(ANG) flying capability in the Baltimore area. It will sustain over 1,500 military positions and up to 500 full-time personnel.

Thales Communications, Clarksburg, MD $11.3M

This $11.3M combines three separate efforts by Congressman Bartlett to upgrade equipment for our soldiers. The President’s Budget had included $19.1M to procure upgrades to Special Operations Command’s (SOCOM’s) Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) as well as $7.7M in research and development funding for the radio system. Some Members of Congress proposed eliminating this $19.1M. Congressman Bartlett made it a priority to help restore funding for future advances in innovative software-based radios that Special Forces soldiers reported are vital to successful missions. $9M was restored to research and development. A second effort for Thales by Congressman Bartlett was for the Tactical Automated Security System (TASS) which is the primary physical security system used by the United States Air Force on expeditionary missions. This $1M integrates existing JTRS technology with the TASS’s Advanced Communications Module (ACM) to improve bandwidth, reduce obsolesce, and eliminate the need for a stand alone portable device for intrusion detection. Third, was $1.3M for range extension for the JTRS Multiband Inter/Intra Team Radio (MBITR) considered vital by Special Forces soldiers to the successful overthrow of the Taliban in Afghanistan. The increased ranged performance will allow the warfighter to communicate over obstructions that would normally inhibit communication through a series of repeaters.

AAI Corporation, Hunt Valley, MD $1M

This $1M provides funding to develop Lightweight Small Arms Technologies to reduce the weight and size of both weapons and ammunition carried by infantry soldiers and marines by 30-40% compared to current systems. This technology will be a lightweight machine gun, which will be assessed versus the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (5.56mm). The objective is a "clean slate" approach that will yield weapons and ammunition that are reproducible in quantity, robust, easy to operate and maintain, and stay reliable under all conditions.

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DRS Technologies, Bethesda, MD $15M

This $15M will complete the development of the Permanent Magnet Motor System (PMMS) to enable it to be tested and possibly installed on the next generation destroyer DD-1000 or cruiser CG(X) warships. Activities to be completed include incorporation of changes resulting from Land-Based testing, repackaging of PMMS design to reflect the changes in DD-1000 requirements, and performance of shock analysis to demonstrate requirement fulfillment. The PMMS has been demonstrated to be much more efficient, smaller and lighter than other motor technologies, including the induction motor that is the current baseline motor on the DD-1000. This lighter propulsion system will increase future warship operational capability by allowing for carrying additional weapons and equipment, extending fuel range, and increasing fuel efficiency.

Beamhit, Columbia, MD $1M

This 1$M expands the existing, highly successful Laser Marksmanship Training System (LMTS) Naval Reserve program to help provide equipment to all Naval Reserve Centers. This funding will provide effective small arms training for over 1000 Navy Reservists. The LMTS is a proven laser-based marksmanship training system engaging various types of targets using a sailor’s own assigned weapon without the use of live ammunition. LMTS supports individual marksmanship from the first stage through the advanced sniper skill level. LMTS is the only basic rifle marksmanship system that can be used indoors, in a regulated confined environment, or outdoors, in realistic weather and light conditions. This system contributes to individual sailor and unit readiness, improves skill retention, better prepares for unit mobilization, greatly reduces unit-training costs and achieves environmental cost avoidance associated with traditional live fire training. Most of all, it effectively prepares our reservists for small arms precision when deployed in hostile envionments.

Titanium Powder, Baltimore, MD $4.5M

This $4.5M will allow for Titanium Powder, a company from Illinois, to procure facilities in the Baltimore area to begin mass production of titanium in powder form using its ‘Armstrong Process.’ This will significantly reduce costs for U.S. production of this vital metal. Titanium, is highly valued because it is lighter and stronger than steel.

Wesley Brown Field House, Annapolis, MD $5.6M

This $5.6M to the United States Naval Academy restores funds to a $26.7M project for the Navy midshipmen. The $5.6M had been taken out of the overall project putting its completion in jeopardy. Congressman Bartlett ensured the $5.6M was restored maintaining the integrity of the project so it may be completed for the overall welfare and fitness of our Navy’s future officers.

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