[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 84 (Wednesday, May 21, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E990-E991]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                     HON. HOWARD P. ``BUCK'' McKEON

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 20, 2008

  Mr. McKEON. Madam Speaker, I submit the following:
  Requesting Member: Congressman Howard ``Buck'' McKeon.
  Bill Number: H.R. 5658--The National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2009.
  Account: Operations and Maintenance, Air Force.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Edwards Air Force Base.
  Address of Requesting Entity: Edwards AFB, CA 93524.
  Description of Request: At my request, a project authorization for 
$700,000 is included in the National Defense Authorization bill for FY 
2009 to make several sites managed by Edwards Air Force Base safe. 
Several isolated range tracking sites located near Edwards Air Force 
Base (EAFB), including Site T-6, A-11, and A-12 as well as the Ely, NV, 
Radar Site, have become attractive nuisances provoking unauthorized 
civilian entry onto the sites. Foundations and shelters at the site 
have been the target of graffiti. Shell & shotgun casings are found 
lying on the ground in large numbers. The extent to which hazardous 
materials, such as Asbestos Containing Materials (ACM) and lead-based 
paint may have been used in the construction of these facilities is not 
known. EAFB requires the continued use of T-6, A-11, and A-12 sites. 
This portion of the project will construct approximately 8,500 LF of 
chain link fence, 6-feet high with 3-strand barb wire outriggers, with 
lockable gates to prevent unauthorized entries into each of the sites. 
Additionally, an EAFB-owned radar site near Ely, Nevada (known as Ely 
Radio Annex), is no longer used and this project will demolish 5 
buildings totaling approximately 7,500 SF, including their foundation 
slabs, an antenna tower, several concrete pads and fixtures, including 
transformers, guard rails, vaults, tank supports, power poles, stairs, 
fencing, and antenna pads.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Howard ``Buck'' McKeon.
  Bill Number: H.R. 5658--The National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2009.
  Account: Research Development Test and Evaluation, Air Force.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Advatech Pacific, Inc.
  Address of Requesting Entity: 950 E. Palmdale Blvd., Suite C, 
Palmdale, CA 93550.
  Description of Request: At my request, a project authorization for 
$3,000,000 is included in the National Defense Authorization bill for 
FY 2009. The funds will be used for the continued operation of the 
Advanced Vehicle Propulsion Center (AVPC), which provides the Air Force 
with a unique, world-class engineering modeling and simulation 
environment for analysis and engineering of current and future space 
vehicles, missiles, and advanced weapon concepts. The AVPC leverages 
and integrates the best engineering, analysis, and cost tools from 
government, industry, and academia. The AVPC directly supports analyses 
of alternatives, the fundamental first step in the formal DOD weapon 
systems acquisition process and plays a key role directly supporting 
the following Air Force Research Laboratory programs at Edwards Air 
Force Base: Prompt Global Strike, Common Aero Vehicle, Operationally 
Responsive Space for strategic and tactical commanders, and 
Conventional Ballistic Missile. AVPCs detailed technical 
engineering analysis also provides cost versus risk trade-off analysis 
across missions, systems, operations, and infrastructures.

  Requesting Member: Congressman Howard ``Buck'' McKeon.
  Bill Number: H.R. 5658--The National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2009.
  Account: Research Development Test and Evaluation, Air Force.

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  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Northrop Grumman Corporation.
  Address of Requesting Entity: 1840 Century Park East, Los Angeles, CA 
90067.
  Description of Request: At my request, a project authorization for 
$10,300,000 is included in the National Defense Authorization bill or 
FY2009 for Moving Target Kill/Small Diameter Bomb (MTK/SDB II) 
integration on the B-2 to enhance the B-2's ability to dynamically and 
precisely engage mobile targets deep in hostile territory. The current 
Air Force Integrated Capability Requirements and Risk Assessment (I-
CRRA) identified the need to improve joint, collaborative operations 
capabilities to effectively engage a wide range of high-threat targets: 
Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive (CBRNE) 
targets, moving and relocatable targets, underground targets, and air 
defense targets. This additional funding will address many of these 
critical needs. Approximately $2,000,000 is intended for UAI Design 
Architecture; $2,000,000 for MDU-R CDR; $4,300,000M for MDU-R Prototype 
#2; and $2,000,000 for Displays System Requirements.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Howard ``Buck'' McKeon.
  Bill Number: H.R. 5658--The National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2009.
  Account: Research Development Test and Evaluation, Air Force.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Aerojet-General Corporation.
  Address of Requesting Entity: P.O. Box 13222, Sacramento, CA 95813-
6000, USA.
  Description of Request: At my request, a project authorization for 
$3,000,000 is included in the National Defense Authorization bill for 
FY2009 to return the Hydrocarbon Boost Technology Demonstrator program 
to its initial programmed funding level. This critical, next-generation 
liquid rocket engine development effort run by the Air Force Research 
Laboratory at Edwards AFB will not only provide the highest performing 
hydrocarbon engines ever developed in the United States, but also will 
provide higher operability, lower costs and greater safety with higher 
reliability than any liquid booster engine ever made in the U.S. and 
perhaps the world. Since the federal government is the primary end-
user, it is logical that federal funding support the initiative. While 
a match is not required, during the past eight years, Aerojet has 
invested approximately $30 million in internal research and development 
funding on this technology and intends continued support in FY09.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Howard ``Buck'' McKeon.
  Bill Number: H.R. 5658--The National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2009.
  Account: Research Development Test and Evaluation, Army.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Pacific Scientific Energetic 
Materials Company.
  Address of Requesting Entity: 24908 Avenue Kearney, Valencia, CA 
91355, USA.
  Description of Request: At my request, a project authorization for 
$2,500,000 is included in the National Defense Authorization bill for 
FY2009 to develop a MIL-STD-1901A-compliant Micro Arm Fire Device for 
DoD Rocket Systems, which will significantly improve the safety, 
reliability and performance of rocket, missile, and pyrotechnic arming 
and fuzing systems for the Department of Defense. Approximately 
$800,000 is intended for design and engineering; $400,000 for 
materials; $700,000 for manufacturing and assembly and $600,000 for 
qualification and environmental testing. The Army has determined that 
there is a federal interest in micro arm fire devices to increase the 
safety of DoD rockets, missiles, munitions and pyrotechnics. This 
request is consistent with the intended and authorized purpose of the 
Army Research, Development, Testing and Evaluation account. This is the 
first year funding will be needed to advance the technology. Pacific 
Scientific Energetic Materials Company has provided $500,000 of 
internal R&D funds for this technology.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Howard ``Buck'' McKeon.
  Bill Number: H.R. 5658--The National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2009.
  Account: Research Development Test and Evaluation, Army.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded 
Computing.
  Address of Requesting Entity: 28965 Avenue Penn, Santa Clarita, CA, 
91355 USA.
  Description of Request: At my request, a project authorization for 
$4,800,000 is included in the National Defense Authorization bill for 
FY2009 to develop a Common Ground Combat System electronic architecture 
prototype which will include replacement of legacy military standard 
based data-bus components with modem commercial standards based network 
centric capable components, the consolidation of obsolete electronic 
subsystems into common electronic modules and assemblies providing 
greatly reduced space, weight, and power consumption and the 
implementation of a two-level maintenance approach using newly 
standardized commercial electronic module technology. Approximately 
$100,000 is intended to be spent on program management, $300,000 is for 
an electronics obsolescence study, $350,000 is for an electronics 
commonality study, $1,000,000 is for a design concept development, 
$2,600,000 is for design concept demonstrators, and $450,000 is for a 
heavy brigade combat team Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) 
application report. The advantage of this approach to the Department of 
the Army is an evolutionary capability migration allowing the Future 
Force to operate with the current force. This project can be completed 
in FY09.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Howard ``Buck'' McKeon.
  Bill Number: H.R. 5658--The National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2009.
  Account: Research Development Test and Evaluation, Navy.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Aerojet-General Corporation.
  Address of Requesting Entity: P.O. Box 13222, Sacramento, CA 95813-
6000.
  Description of Request: At my request, a project authorization for 
$2,500,000 is included in the National Defense Authorization bill for 
FY2009 to fund the risk reduction necessary following a successful test 
flight of the High Speed Anti-Radiation Demonstration (HSAD). 
Specifically, approximately $1,000.000 will be spent for Navy program 
management, $800,000 for tactical missile component design development 
and analysis, $2,450,000 for lightweight ramjet engine component 
testing, $750,000 for ramjet engine safety engineering and analysis, 
$600,000 for the guidance system conceptual design, and $400,000 for 
operational analysis. The basic HSAD program focuses on demonstrating 
the feasibility and viability of using variable flow ducted rocket 
propulsion technology for the propulsion portion of planned advanced 
weapon systems. This request is consistent with the intended and 
authorized purpose of the account and the project is under the 
direction of the Naval Air Warfare Center.

  Requesting Member: Congressman Howard ``Buck'' McKeon.
  Bill Number: H.R. 5658--The National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2009.
  Account: Military Construction.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Edwards Air Force Base.
  Address of Requesting Entity: Edwards AFB, CA 93524.
  Description of Request: At my request, a project authorization for 
$6,000,000 is included in the National Defense Authorization bill for 
FY09 to fund the replacement of the main base runway at Edwards Air 
Force Base. The runway, which supports almost every flight operation at 
Edwards is over 50 years old and is rapidly degrading as a result of 
Alkali-Silica Reaction (ASR), a reaction between the cement and the 
aggregate that creates map cracking, scaling and spalling of the 
concrete, Increased sweeper operations and Foreign Object Damage (FOD) 
walks are necessary to eliminate concrete chunks several inches across 
that are routinely discovered. Emergency FOD repairs have forced runway 
closures affecting 10 to 15 flights for each closure. Pavement 
Condition Index (PCI) numbers are dropping rapidly, which is indicative 
of pavements nearing the end of their useful life. The runway will soon 
fail functionally and will no longer be safe for aircraft operations. 
In early FY03 the runway was evaluated by a tri-service team of experts 
who rated the pavement condition along the centerline as marginal, with 
portions predicted to be unsatisfactory within the next year. 
Functional failure of the runway is expected in 2008. No other runways 
at Edwards AFB can safely support the current and projected test 
operations without significant test mission delays. Temporary 
relocation of these missions is not feasible. However, many of the 
current and planned test missions can be supported by a temporary 
runway.
  This project was programmed in 2003 for FY06, and was incrementally 
funded over 3 years (FY06, FY07 and FY08). After the project was 
programmed, the cost of construction materials escalated dramatically, 
eliminating all management reserve, and resulted in a reduction in the 
planned scope of the project. In FY08 Congress increased the funding 
for the project by $8,500,000; however, this was not enough to account 
for a completely unforeseeable increase in number and extent of site 
conditions. In particular, over 730 drums containing a ``tar-like'' 
substance had to be disposed of as hazardous waste and over 41,000 
cubic yards of both unsuitable and unstable soil had to be stabilized. 
A final project phase has been created to complete the remaining work, 
and this phase has a programmed cost of $6,000,000. Funding for this 
phase in FY09 will avoid contractor demobilization and remobilization, 
and will avoid reconstitution of the temporary runway to support this 
work. This alone saves the government over $4,000,000 in cost 
avoidance.




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