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US Senator Orrin Hatch
November 7th, 2007   Media Contact(s): Heather Barney (801) 524-3341
Jared Whitley (202) 224-5251
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HATCH GETS NEARLY $60 MILLION FOR UTAH ORGANIZATIONS IN DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS BILL
 
Washington, D. C. – Senator Orrin G. Hatch (R-UT) was able to arrange for tens of millions of dollars for Utah companies and military installations in the final Defense Appropriations Conference Report which should be voted on shortly by the U. S. Senate.

“The military and defense work performed in Utah has played a key role for many years in the security and defense of our country,” stated Hatch. “I fought hard for the funding I was able to insert in the final Defense Appropriations Bill for Utah’s military installations and defense contractors. I know the work they perform is of the highest caliber and worthy of the support of the federal government.”

The following is a partial list of the items Hatch was able to obtain funding for in the final Defense Appropriations Conference Report:

$ 10,000,000
Hill Air Force Base; ATK, Utah
To meet the complex composite requirements of tactical aircraft, Hill AFB has partnered with ATK to evaluate and procure new composite production capabilities and fiber placement equipment. The result will be aircraft parts that weigh and cost less.

$ 6,400,000
ATK, Utah
This project will assist in the development of a “family” of rocket engine motors that will dramatically reduce the “booster stack” development costs of future systems such as land-based strategic deterrence and missile defense systems.

$ 2,000,000
Hill Air Force Base; General Atomics
This project will continue to create new materials, designs and prototypes of aging aircraft landing gear components. The program will also continue the development of overhaul processes and technologies to minimize corrosion and wear of parts.

$ 6,400,000
Utah Air National Guard; L-3 West, Utah
This project will increase the ability of the Senior Scout signals intelligence system to transmit large amounts of collected data to national and tactical users for further analysis and dissemination into national databases.

$ 2,400,000
Utah Air National Guard; L-3 West, Utah
Funds will be used to purchase the ROVER III system for the Senior Scout Program.

$ 2,800,000
Dugway Proving Ground; ITT
This project will provide funding for the further development and deployment, at Dugway Proving Ground, of a modular version of an eye-safe Light Detection and Ranging System (“LIDAR”) capable of detecting and mapping aerosols at long range.

$ 6,800,000
Colemek Systems Engineering, Utah
Added appropriations to this program will permit the procurement of additional Phalanx Block 1B upgrades.

$ 2,400,000
Allen Space Solutions, Utah
To research new technologies that provide GPS capabilities in GPS-denied environments.

$ 10,500,000
F.E Warren AFB
The purpose of this program is to provide a new remote visual assessment security system to secure our nation’s ICBM launch facilities.

$ 1,600,000
Idaho Technology, Inc, Utah
Currently, the military is purchasing 425 Joint Biological Agent Identification and Diagnostic Systems. This project would fund an upgrade to the system to detect malaria, dengue and rickettsia.

$ 3,600,000
Williams International, Utah
This program will permit the further development of the Advanced Supersonic Cruise Missile Engine called the Versatile Affordable Advanced Turbine Engine (“VAATE”).

$ 1,600,000
Ceramatec -- Advanced Materials & Electrochemical Technologies, Utah
This program will further research into the production of syngas that can be converted into synthetic logistics and aviation fuel.

 
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