[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 153 (Thursday, September 25, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1929]
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                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                            HON. JOE BARTON

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 24, 2008

  Mr. BARTON of Texas. Madam Speaker, I rise today to submit the 
following documentation consistent with the new Republican Earmark 
Standards:
  Requesting Member: Congressman Joe Barton.
  Bill Number: H.R. 2638--The Consolidated Security, Disaster 
Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act.
  Account: RDTE, DW.
  Legal Name of Receiving Entity: Raytheon.
  Address of Receiving Entity: 2501 West University, McKinney, TX, 
Collin County.
  Description of Request: I have secured $800,000 in funding in H.R. 
2638 in the RDTE, DW account for the Hostile Fire Indicating System, 
Raytheon.
  The funding will be used for final development of the Advanced 
Distributed Aperture System (ADAS) which is a transformational night 
vision augmentation system to operate in no/low-light conditions (day/
night) and adverse weather. The Hostile Fire Indicator, an integral 
component of the ADAS system, will allow for the detection and 
declaration of small arms fire and can geo locate the hostile shooter 
and present that information to the aircraft crew so they may respond 
with the aircraft equipped weapons or move outside the effective range 
of the hostile weapon.
  This funding will be used specifically to develop and demonstrate an 
ADAS based HFI system.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Joe Barton.
  Bill Number: H.R. 2638--The Consolidated Security, Disaster 
Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act.
  Account: RDTE, N.
  Legal Name of Receiving Entity: Carbon-Carbon Advanced Technologies 
Inc. (C-CAT).
  Address of Receiving Entity: 4704 Eden Road, Kennedale, TX, Tarrant 
County.
  Description of Request: I have secured $2,400,000 in funding in H.R. 
2638 in the RDTE, N account for the Strike Weapon Propulsion (SWEAP), 
C-CAT.
  The funding will be used to produce a high-speed weapon to engage 
long-range targets within 5 to 10 minutes that operate at extremely 
high temperatures. Previous solutions have been demonstrated, however, 
affordability is the remaining issue.
  With the requested funding the team intends to continue fabrication 
process development and demonstration, improve subscale hardware 
durability, and conduct a full scale combustor test of the lower cost 
material in Aerojet's Mach 6 air-breathing test facility in FY09. This 
program will support 6 jobs at C-CAT.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Joe Barton.
  Bill Number: H.R. 2638--The Consolidated Security, Disaster 
Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act.
  Account: RDTE, A.
  Legal Name of Receiving Entity: L3/Link Simulation and Training.
  Address of Receiving Entity: 2200 Arlington Downs Road, Arlington, 
TX, Tarrant County.
  Description of Request: I have secured $1,200,000 in funding in H.R. 
2638 in the RDTE, A account for the Integration of the U.S. Army's 
Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) into the Aviation Combined Arms Tactical 
Trainer (AVCATT), L3/Link Simulation and Training.
  The funding will be used for integration of the new Light Utility 
Helicopter (LUH) into the AVCATT simulation thus enhancing the safety 
of widely dispersed crews and units.
  The funding will initiate development in providing a LUH simulation 
training capability within the Army's AVCATT simulation system, 
utilizing the original equipment manufacturer.

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