[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 84 (Wednesday, May 21, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1004-E1005]
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                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                            HON. ROBIN HAYES

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 21, 2008

  Mr. HAYES. Madam Speaker, I wish to submit the following earmark for 
the Record.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Robin Hayes.
  Bill Number: H.R. 5658, The Duncan Hunter National Defense 
Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2009.
  Account: Other Procurement Army (OPA), Training Devices--Non-System.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: General Dynamics Information 
Technology.
  Address of Requesting Entity: 2941 Fairview Park Dr., Suite 100, 
Falls Church, VA 22041.
  Description of Request: This request is for authorization of $4 
million FY `09 OPA funding to allow instrumentation of 12 to 14 of the 
remaining buildings at the Range 74 Combined Arms Collective Training 
Facility (CACTF) site to Combined Arms MOUT Task Force (CAMTF) 
standard. The Army's CAMTF training requirement provides 80 percent 
coverage for a generic 20-26 building site. The Ft. Bragg Range 74 
CACTF consists of thirty-two (32) training buildings, only six (or 18%) 
of which are instrumented. Ft. Bragg's CACTF supports sixteen (16) 
brigade-equivalent units with six (6) instrumented buildings. 
Considering the XVIII ABC training throughput, the level of 
instrumentation currently fielded is not commensurate with the size and 
scope found at installations with smaller training requirements. Fort 
Campbell's Cassidy Urban Training Complex and Eighth Army's Rodriguez 
CACTF in Korea are illustrative of the Army's training strategy and 
feature at least 18-20 instrumented training buildings, per facility. 
The situation is more pronounced when you examine the troop populations 
at each installation. Currently, the Rodriguez site supports one 
maneuver brigade of the 2nd Infantry Division, while Cassidy hosts 
three maneuver brigades from the 101st Airborne Division. There is a 
compelling need to instrument another twelve to fourteen (12-14) 
buildings at the Ft Bragg CACTF to align it closer to the Army's 
standard.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Robin Hayes.
  Bill Number: H.R. 5658, The Duncan Hunter National Defense 
Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2009.
  Account: RDT&E, Navy.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Combat Displays, Inc.
  Address of Requesting Entity: 100-B Industrial Drive, New Bern, NC 
28562.
  Description of Request: Provide an authorization of $6,800,000 for 
development of environmentally sealed, ruggedized avionics displays for 
vertical lift systems and will be done in conjunction with the Center 
for Vertical Lift Excellence, Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry 
Point, NC in support of technology to benefit our military aviators. 
This request is consistent with the intended and authorized purpose of 
the Navy RDT&E account.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Robin Hayes.
  Bill Number: H.R. 5658, The Duncan Hunter National Defense 
Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2009.
  Account: Defense-Wide Procurement.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Raytheon Technical Services Company.
  Address of Requesting Entity: 6125 E 21st St., Indianapolis, IN 
46219-2058.
  Description of Request: Provide an authorization of $6,000,000 to 
procure 80 RAMS B kits for Special Operations Forces. RAMS is a remote-
controller initiator to control the activation of demolitions. This 
request is consistent with the intended and authorized purpose of the 
Defense Wide Procurement account. These kits are used extensively by 
United States Special Operations Command and our servicemembers in OIF 
and OEF.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Robin Hayes.
  Bill Number: H.R. 5658, The Duncan Hunter National Defense 
Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2009.
  Account: OPN Budget Activity 01, Line #19, Items Less than $5 
million.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: IMO Pump.
  Address of Requesting Entity: 1710 Airport Road, Monroe, NC, USA.
  Description of Request: Provide an authorization of $4 million for 
the procurement and installation of Canned Lube Pumps (CLP) on four 
LSD-41/49 Class amphibious ships. This funding will purchase 16 CLP 
units to complete the LSD-41 class. Approximately, $400,000 is for 
technical support for installation; $2.8M for the CLP units and 
installation; $600, 000 for battle spares; $200,000 for proto-type 
shipboard test for LHD class. The Navy has indicated that the total 
savings over the life of the LSD 41/49 class from installing the CLP is 
over $33.1 million and the return investment to the Navy is 394 
percent. This funding will complete the procurement and installation of 
the Whidbey Island Class.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Robin Hayes.
  Bill Number: H.R. 5658, The Duncan Hunter National Defense 
Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2009.
  Account: Defense-Wide, RDT & E.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: University of North Carolina at 
Charlotte (UNCC) and Northrup Grumman.
  Address of Requesting Entity: UNC-Charlotte Campus in Charlotte, NC 
is the location of performance (where the work will be done): 
University of North Carolina-Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd., 
Charlotte, NC 28223 and Northrup Grumman, 7323 Aviation Blvd., Mail 
Stop 1105, Baltimore, MD 21040.
  Description of Request: Provide a $3 million authorization for 
Superlattice Nanotechnology research for the Department of Defense to 
be performed at UNC-Charlotte. Most of today's compound semiconductor 
devices made from silicon (Si) and silicon germanium (SiGe) have high 
power capabilities, but are limited by defect density and other factors 
affecting yield, cost and performance. One of the most promising new 
materials is SiC, which is used to make high power radio frequency 
(RF), power switching, and high current switching devices for a 
multitude of DOD applications. Superlattice nanotechnology can mitigate 
the size, yield and performance limitations of SiC by utilizing atomic 
level control of the SiC-on-Si growth process. This will greatly reduce 
the cost and improve the performance of many of the desired SiC 
devices. Superlattice nanotechnology will form the structure for the 
next dimension in RF electronics (Radar, EW, communications), radiation 
hard electronics (satellite, special use), and power conditioning 
electronics (DEW, electromagnetic gun), enabling performance levels 
unachievable with today's technology. Request $5.0 million be added to 
the President's FY09 Budget Request to continue development of silicon 
carbide (SiC) Superlattice Nanotechnology.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Robin Hayes.
  Bill Number: H.R. 5658, The Duncan Hunter National Defense 
Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2009.
  Account: Defense-Wide, RDT & E.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: United Protective Technologies.
  Address of Requesting Entity: United Protective Technologies (UPT), 
4600 H Lebanon Road, Charlotte, NC 28227 and their Locust, North 
Carolina facility.
  Description of Request: Provide a $2 million authorization for Non-
Hazardous Infrared Anti-Reflective Coatings for Army Aircraft Sensors. 
An alternative coating to extend the service life of expensive and 
critical infrared range sensor windows is now available. This coating 
presents none of the health or environmental impacts found in other 
currently used Anti-reflective coatings. Prototype examples and early 
stage data of this new capability have been presented to the U.S. Army 
and have received very positive feedback. Key features include 
unprecedented environment stability, and excellent abrasion and erosion 
protection. This coating may also be used on both flat windows and on 
dome-shaped configurations. This coating will increase the 
survivability of sensor windows and reduce cost of ownership through an 
increase in operation life and performance. Army provided Cost/Benefit 
analysis shows that the windows of the AH-64 Targeting Sensor Array 
(TADS/PNVS) are currently demonstrating a Mean Time between Unscheduled 
Removal of 5031 (PNVS) and 5495 (TADS) flight hours. With the current 
Operational Tempo AH-64's can be expected to fly approximately 100,000 
flight hours per year (total fleet). Based on the damage seen on 
removed windows, a conservative estimate is that this coating will cut 
unscheduled removals by 50%, saving $41 8,000/year for the

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Apache Airframe. Other Army airframes could show a savings amounting to 
an additional $800,000 annually.

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