FY 2010 Funding Requests

Independent Advisory Group to review Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Education and Training Needs- Amount Requested:$.5 M
MDIOC, Schriever AFB, CO 80912
- would support an Independent Advisory Group of BMD experts from the Armed Services, Defense Science Board, and universities.

- experts will gather information and recommend a BMD education and training solution to include a recommendation of roles and responsibilities, organizational structure, and/or resources and facilities for integrated missile defense training.

Airman and Family Readiness Center/Chapel- Amount Requested: $8.9 M
Schriever AFB, 300 O’Malley St., CO 80912
- would provide 24,800 square feet of space for a chapel sanctuary, religious education, family support activities, counseling, and classrooms. 

- there is currently no facility on Schriever AFB to hold large community functions.   Without this facility, Schriever AFB will continue to provide minimum support for military families and religious activities.

Lighter-Than-Air Stratospheric UAV for Persistent Communications Relay and Surveillance- Amount Requested: $6 M
Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) 47123 Buse Rd, B2272 Unit IPT, Patuxent River, MD 20670-1547
- would provide for the development of a lighter-than-air, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that will fly at 85,000 feet for three to four months, providing low cost, persistent surveillance, high bandwidth and over the horizon communications needed to effectively fight terrorism, achieve maritime domain awareness, protect critical infrastructures and secure national borders

Unmanned Sense, Track, and Avoid Radar (USTAR)- Amounted Requested: $3 M
Air Force Research Lab, Air Vehicles Control Systems Development & Applications Branch, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433
-would allow for low rate initial production of an advanced radar system for the Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle platform to detect and track large and small targets

- USTAR will allow the UAV to identify potential collision risks and increase maneuvering capability in controlled airspace and improve operability in adverse weather conditions. 

Digital Engine/Hydraulic Valve Actuation technology- Amount Requested: $3.5 M
Army’s TARDEC/National Automotive Center, 6501 E. 11 Mile Road, Warren, MI 48397-5000

- would allow development and testing of combat vehicle and automotive technology allowing the use of alternative and renewable fuels while reducing military vehicle fuel consumption through improved engine efficiency

Delta Sigma Direct Digital Synthesizer (DS DDS)- Amount Requested: $3.8 M
Office of Naval Research, One Liberty Center, 875 North Randolph Street, Arlington, VA 22203-1995

- would make Navy radar more capable of identifying ballistic missile threats while improving spurious-free dynamic range by 1000-1 and result in a reduction in power by a factor of 10

GeoINT Data Access Prototype (GDAP)- Amount Requested: $2 M
National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA), 4600 Sangamore Road, Bethesda, MD, 20816-5003

- would provide networked access to data stores on both classified and unclassified networks for pilot program data users and development staff
- would provide immediate benefits to a wide variety of new users via their existing tools and networks by making more data available to them faster and in standardized formats

Tactical Key Loader (TKL)- Amount Requested: $3.5 M
Department of the Navy, 1000 Navy Pentagon, Washington DC 20350

- would procure an additional 5,000 Tactical Key Loader units to meet immediate needs in theater

Radiation Hardened Non-Volatile Memory Technology- Amount Requested: $8.5 M
US Air Force, 1670 Air Force Pentagon Washington DC 20330

- would develop non-volatile memory technology for our satellites, allowing them to retain an application and not lose the information when power is lost (presently there is no method to retain non-volatile storage, like flash memory or hard disks, in the radiation environment of space)

Missile Defense Integration and Operations Cente