[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 86 (Friday, May 23, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1054-E1055]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                             HON. DON YOUNG

                               of alaska

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 21, 2008

  Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Madam Speaker, I submit the following:
  Bill Number: H.R. 5658, Army, RDT&E, Line 177, PE # 0305208A 
(Distributed Common Ground/Surface Systems).

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  Legal name and address of entity receiving earmark: Army Battle 
Command Battle Laboratory, Mr. Jason Denno, Deputy Director, Ft. 
Huachuca.
  Description of how the money will be spent and why the use of federal 
taxpayer funding is justified: (BRAMA-E) is a critical decision and 
training aid for commanders and operators to use in support of military 
operations on urbanized terrain (MOUT). BRAMA is an integrated 
collection, planning, and course of action system. It integrates 
existing US Army developed blast modeling software with a state of the 
art 4D (Lat, Long, Alt, and Time) visualization front end. It is used 
by the Army to simulate blast analysis and vulnerability assessments.
  BRAMA provides decision support for anti-terrorism/force protection 
(AT/FP) and critical infrastructure protection (CIP). BRAMA is a 
royalty-free tool and requires minimal training. It leverages previous 
US Army and US Air Force--force/facility protection R&D efforts. 
Starting in 2007, the BRAMA capability--along with training--has been 
provided to active duty Army, Homeland Security and National Guard 
representatives from 7 states. The US Army CONOPS for Force Protection 
highlights the need for a Capabilities Based Assessment (CBA) tool. 
Additionally, user feedback post-delivery on BRAMA specifically asks 
for enhancements on the speed at which facility data can he generated 
and visualized. Research conducted by the Army in 2006 and 2007 has 
identified a candidate commercial technology that can be integrated 
into the BRAMA baseline to meet the CONOPS and speed up the collection 
process.
  BRAMA has demonstrated its usefulness to commanders, planners, and 
security forces by employing full-dimensional display technology to 
visualize, analyze and remediate blast effects generated by DoD-
approved blast models. BRAMA-E will extend that capability by 
simplifying the case of use and helping the Army meet its goal to field 
a unit level Capabilities Based Assessment (CBA) tool.
  Description of matching funds: Not Applicable.
  Authorized Amount: $4,000,000.
  Project Name: Blast and Damage Assessment Risk Analysis and 
Mitigation Application--Enhancements (BRAMA-E).
  Funding Source: Army, RDT&E, Line 177, PE # 0305208A (Distributed 
Common Ground/Surface Systems).
  Detailed Finance Plan: $200,000 Systems Engineering; $200,000 
Immersive Camera Systems; $400,000 Automate Dense Urban Environment 
Creation from Immersive Media; $600,000 GIS Database and Blast Analysis 
Integration; $500,000 Develop User Interface Workflow for Plume 
Modeling with GIS; $1,000,000 Plume Dispersion Model Integration and 
Plume Analysis; $600,000 Advanced Blast Analysis support for DoD and 
Homeland Security; $250,000 Base Data Collection and Delivery; $250,000 
Training Sessions, Support, and Webinars.

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