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| September 27th, 2008 |
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HATCH SECURES OVER $50 MILLION FOR UTAH ORGANIZATIONS IN THE DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS BILL
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WASHINGTON – Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) fought for Utah’s military installations and defense contractors in the final Defense Appropriations Conference Report, which was included in the continuing resolution the Senate approved today.
“The work that is done at Utah’s military installations and defense contractors is vital to the security and defense of our country,” Hatch said following the Senate’s vote. “It is important to support their efforts in every way possible, and I believe the funding I requested is worthy of the federal government’s support.”
A list of the items and funding Hatch was able to obtain in the final Defense and Military Construction Appropriations Conference Report follows:
• $5 million for Hill Air Force Base and ATK for the Automated Composite Technologies and Manufacturing Center. This project is aimed at evaluating, developing and procuring new composite production capabilities and fiber-placement equipment for military aircraft components that will cost and weigh less.
• $7 million to Utah Air National Guard and L-3 Comms West for the Senior Scout project. This will boost the ability of the Senior Scout system to transmit large amounts of data.
• $4 million to Dugway Proving Ground and General Atomics, Utah, for Advanced Ship Self-Defense Technology testing. Funds projected for use in developing and testing the Navy’s new rail gun technology.
• $2.4 million to L-3 Comms West, Utah, for ROVER III Combat Operations Support. The funds will be used to purchase the ROVER III system for the Senior Scout program.
• $800,000 to the Tooele Army Depot and Battelle, Utah, for the Unserviceable Ammunition Demilitarization via Chemical Dissolution project. The funds will be used to design and construct a system to dispose of high-risk, high-cost, unserviceable and obsolete ammunition stored at Tooele Army Depot.
• $2.4 million to Dugway Proving Ground, Utah State University’s Space Dynamics Laboratory, and ITT, Utah, for a Dugway LIDAR and Modeling Improvements project. Funds are for further developing and deploying a modular version of a Light Detection and Ranging System. This program will use technologies developed by USU and ITT.
• $1.6 million to Utah State University’s Space Dynamics Lab for Intelligence Community Academic Outreach. This program will prepare students for intelligence careers while using the lab’s research and technical capabilities.
• $800,000 to ES3 – Engineering & Software Solutions, Inc., Utah, for Science and Engineering Lab Data Integration. This program will fund the use of a valuable tool to bolster missile and aircraft readiness and cut costs.
• $1 million to Live Wire Test Labs, Utah, for the Arc Fault Circuit Breaker and Arc Location System. The money is aimed at further developing technology that pinpoints the location of intermittent electrical faults in aircraft.
• $1.6 million to Army National Guard and Rockwell Collins, Utah, for the UH-60 Improved Communications (ARC 220) for the Army National Guard. This money will be used to procure more ARC-220 radios for Army National Guard helicopters.
• $1.2 million to Attensity, Utah, for the Advanced Information Discovery and Analysis Capability. This provides for the use of a data analysis system.
• $2 million to Klune Industries, Utah, for the JAMMA Lightweight Armored, Hybrid, Power Generating Tactical Vehicle. The money will be used to further develop this vehicle for the Marine Corps and Special Operations Command.
• $800,000 to MOOG, Utah, for the Electronic Motion Actuation Systems. This project further develops a prototype shipboard-qualified electric actuator.
• $1 million to Ceramatec – Advanced Materials & Electrochemical Technologies, Utah, for Shipboard Production of Synthetic Logistics and Aviation (JP-8) Fuels. This money will further research into the production of syngas that can be converted into synthetic logistics and aviation fuel.
• $1.6 million to Williams International, Utah, and Raytheon, Utah, for the Tomahawk Cost-Reduction Initiative. This program is aimed at cutting manufacturing costs of the Tomahawk cruise missile engine.
• $10.7 million to Colemek Systems Engineering, Utah, for New Generation Phalanx. Phalanx is a system that provides defense against rockets, artillery, aircraft, boat and anti-cruise missile threats at sea. These funds are aimed at developing new capabilities for the system to meet emerging threats.
• $2 million to Northrop Grumman, Utah, for Fiber Optic Conformal Federated Acoustic Velocity System. Money for this project is targeted at developing lower-cost acoustic sensors to enable larger, higher-performance sonar arrays.
• $1.6 million to Hexcel Composite Manufacturing, Utah, for Testing M-65 Bismaleimide Carbon Fiber Prepeg Development, which will enable the production of lower-cost parts for military aircraft.
• $2.4 million to Rockwell Collins, Utah, for F-15 Improved Communications (ARC 210). Funds will be used to purchase additional ARC 210 radio system for the F-15E fighter aircraft.
• $5.4 million to Hill Air Force Base for construction of a three-bay fire station to cut response times to critical facilities on the east side of the base.
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