[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 153 (Thursday, September 25, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1928-E1929]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                         HON. JOHN T. DOOLITTLE

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 24, 2008

  Mr. DOOLITTLE. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the Republican Leadership 
standards on earmarks, I am submitting the folio information regarding 
earmarks I received as part of H.R. 2638, the Consolidated Security, 
Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009, Section 
2, Division C:
  Project Name: Transportable Cryofracture/Plasma Arc.
  Account: RDT&E, A.
  Amount: $1,600,000.
  Requesting Entity: General Atomics, 3550 General Atomics Ct., San 
Diego, CA 92816.
  Description: The Transportable Cryofracture/Plasma Arc project is 
developing a system for the demilitarization of obsolete conventional 
munitions that combines two existing fixed-site technologies, 
cryofracture and plasma arc, into a tractor trailer mounted system that 
meets all National Highway Transportation and Safety Administration, 
NHTSA, and Federal Highway Administration, FHA, guidelines for size, 
weight, and safety. Using this technology to demilitarize munitions at 
their storage areas will be safer, more secure, much cheaper, and meet 
environmental emission standards.
  Spending Plan: Of the $1,600,000 appropriated, $1,500,000 will be 
spent in the second quarter of Fiscal Year, FY09, 2009 to complete 
procurement of the demonstration system, $1,000,000 for materials and 
$500,000 for labor. $100,000 will be spent in the third quarter of FY09 
for the same purpose, labor.
  Project Name: Hydrocarbon Boost Technology Demonstrator.
  Account: RDT&E, AF.
  Amount: $1,400,000.
  Requesting Entity: Aerojet-General Corporation, P.O. Box 13222, 
Sacramento, CA 95813.
  Description: This program was initiated by the United States Air 
Force to meet its projected launch needs for the future. Upon 
completion, the demonstrator will provide technologies that will lead 
to a liquid engine that is inherently higher performing, more operable, 
and more affordable that any other U.S. engine. The use of lower-toxic 
hydrocarbon fuel also promises long-term savings for the Air Force in 
operation and maintenance costs. Since the Federal Government is the 
primary end-user, it is logical that Federal funding support the 
initiative.
  Spending Plan: The FY09 $1,400,000 increase is to return the FY09 
funding closer to the planned level at contract initiation. The total 
project is a $109 million/9 year program, and the 2009 funds are 
intended for Ox rich preburner and turbopump concept designs.
  Project Name: Strike Weapon Propulsion (SWEAP).
  Account: RDT&E, N.
  Amount: $2,400,000.
  Requesting Entity: Aerojet-General Corporation, P.O. Box 13222, 
Sacramento, CA 95813.
  Description: The Nation is investing in the development of high-speed 
weapons that can engage time critical targets at ranges up to 600 
nautical miles within 5 to 10 minutes. The required propulsion system 
operates at temperatures typically exceeding 3,000 to 4,000 degrees 
Fahrenheit, hotter than conventional rockets and ramjets, requiring 
advancement in the development of ceramic composite materials. 
Solutions to this challenge have been demonstrated; however, 
affordability is the remaining issue. The Strike Weapon 
Propulsion program's objective is to lower the cost of producing the 
structure for a High-Speed Strike Weapon Propulsion system by 80 
percent. If the effort is not funded, the high speed strike capability 
will not be of benefit to the future war fighter because it will not be 
affordable. Other, less effective systems would then prevail based on 
their lower unit costs.

  Spending Plan: The total project will be financed as follows: $1.7 
million for the design of ceramic matrix engine structures; $1.8 
million for subscale hardware fabrication; $0.5 million for subscale 
hardware testing; $2.2 million for full-scale combustor fabrication; 
and $0.8 million for combustor assembly and testing.
  Project Name: Validation of Lift Fan Engine Systems.
  Account: RDT&E, N.
  Amount: $2,000,000.
  Requesting Entity: Rotordynamics-Seal Research, 3302 Swetzer Rd., 
Loomis, CA 95650.
  Description: This technology demonstration program will provide 
benefits to all citizens of the U.S. through the reduction in tax 
revenues necessary to maintain the fleet of engines for the Joint 
Strike Fighter aircraft. In addition, a new virtual testing capability 
will be created that has applicability to a wide range of commercial 
and aerospace systems leading to significant development cost 
reductions. The near-term specific task to be executed under this 
effort is development and experimental validation of Rotordynamics-Seal 
Research's RAPPIDTM virtual testing modeling and simulation 
software for analysis of lift fan engines with clutches, gears, and 
splines. RAPPIDTM is a flexible software package for the 
simulation of propulsion, power, and vehicle systems that enables 
faster and more accurate evaluation of new systems. For large projects, 
RAPPIDTM helps program managers plan their resources more 
wisely and efficiently to enable more cost certainty. The focus of the 
task is to complete development of software modules necessary for full 
lift fan engine simulations, to generate test data testing critical 
components that affect engine vibration characteristics, clutches, 
gears, and splines, and to use the generated data to validate the 
resulting software. This is proposed as a 2 year effort. The first 
year, needed software modules will be developed and validated against 
existing data and required design modifications will be completed to an 
existing test facility. In the second year, new validation data will be 
obtained for the dynamic characteristics of critical components and the 
validation of the software will be completed. Advanced modeling and 
simulation software has been developed for determining the remaining 
life of critical Joint Strike Fighter lift fan engine clutch, gear, and 
drive train components. This program will extensively validate the key 
models used in the software through experimentation. The existing test 
facility developed for this purpose has ``best in the world'' 
capabilities for measurement of difficult to obtain data sets. This 
validation will enable engine life assessment modeling tools to be 
verified for release for fleet management purposes.
  Spending Plan: The total project cost is $5 million, of which $4.5 
million will be used for

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labor, six Ph.D. engineers, four M.S. engineers and four B.S. 
engineers, and $500,000 will be used for test hardware.

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