[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 86 (Friday, May 23, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1060]
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                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                         HON. RANDY NEUGEBAUER

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 22, 2008

  Mr. NEUGEBAUER. Madam Speaker, I submit the following:
  H.R. 5658, the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for 
FY 2009.
  Account: Research, Development, Testing and Evaluation, Army (R-1 
Line 55).
  Project: Compact Pulsed Power for Defense Applications, $4 million.
  Requesting Entity: Texas Tech University, 2500 Broadway, Lubbock, TX 
79409.
  Percent and source of required matching funds: The Center for Pulsed 
Power and Power Electronics (P3E) at TTU has an operating budget 
approximately of $3 million supported almost exclusively by competitive 
grants from DOD and DOE laboratories and relevant U.S. contractors.
  As a state-sponsored university, Texas Tech will provide the required 
matching funds for the research to be conducted by this project.
  Justification for use of federal taxpayer dollars: This initiative 
will continue the work of the P3E Center to develop compact 
electromagnetic radiation technology that will disrupt remote 
detonation electronics used in improvised roadside bombs and inner- 
city car-bombs. The Department of Defense's Joint IED Defeat 
Organization (JIEDDO) is aware of the P3E Center's technology and has 
invited the Center to submit an unsolicited proposal for funding from 
JIEDDO, which is currently pending. The P3E Center also receives 
support from the Office of Naval Research.
  In the past 10 years, the P3E Center has focused its research in the 
areas of high power microwave systems, explosively driven pulsed power, 
compact pulsed power and ultra high-power electronics. Much of this 
research has been sponsored by DOD and its agencies. These technologies 
have matured in the last few years to a point where system integration 
now is possible. A great push needs to be made in this area to allow 
these electric weapons to reach the military now, where they are 
clearly needed today. Funding from this initiative will accelerate the 
P3E Center's research to allow the compact pulsed power technology to 
be fielded by the military in a shorter period of time.

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