[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 153 (Thursday, September 25, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1950-E1951]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                           HON. PHIL GINGREY

                               of georgia

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 24, 2008

  Mr . GINGREY.  Madam Speaker, in accordance with House Republican 
Conference standards, and Clause 9 of Rule XXI, and in addition to the 
projects I have already listed in the record for the Military 
Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 
2009 and the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009. 
Funding for these requests was contained in the Department of Defense 
Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2009.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Phil Gingrey.
  Bill Number: H.R. 2638.
  Account: RTDE, Army.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Printpack, Inc.
  Address of Requesting Entity: Printpack, Inc. 2800 Overlook Drive NE, 
Atlanta, GA 30345-2024.
  Description of Request: The budget request includes $21.9M in 
PE62786A for Applied Research of new warfighter technologies of which 
$5.3M is allocated for Joint Service Combat Feeding Technology. The 
$1,680,000 added to this account will be used to develop new and 
innovative packaging and processing technologies for the Warfighter's 
combat rations. These funds will result in the ability to provide 
greater variety and more nutritional rations with longer shelf-life and 
reduced production costs.
  The objective of this effort is to develop advanced thermal 
processing techniques based on the utilization of non-foil materials 
for military ration packaging. The importance of developing non-foil 
packaging materials will serve as a precursor to the next stage of the 
R&D effort which will investigate new and enhanced thermal processing 
techniques; specifically, Enhanced High Pressure Processing (EHPP) and 
Microwave Sterilization (MW) technologies. The EHPP and MW processing 
technologies have numerous advantages over conventional thermal 
processing; however, these processes cannot be used on current foil 
packaging because they cause blistering and flex cracking of the foil 
packaging material. Therefore, to achieve the advantages of advanced 
EHPP and MW processing, it is essential to use state-of-the-art, non-
foil packaging materials. The development of advanced, non-foil 
packaging materials and utilization of innovative EHPP and MW 
processing techniques will result in the provision of rations with the 
following beneficial and enhanced qualities: greater variety, better 
taste, more nutrition, longer shelf-life, lower overall production 
costs, environmentally friendly, less volume and waste. The FY09, 
effort will consist of three stages and is budgeted as follows: Stage 
1: Blistering ($0.14M), Stage 2: Flex Crack Resistance ($0.26M), Stage 
3: EHPP & MW Trials ($1.7M).
  Requesting Member: Congressman Phil Gingrey.
  Bill Number: H.R. 2638.
  Account: RTDE, Defense Wide.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Georgia Institute of Technology.
  Address of Requesting Entity: Georgia Institute of Technology, GTRI 
Cobb County Research Facility, 7220 Richardson Road, Smyrna, GA 30080.
  Description of Request: The $5,000,000 appropriated for Advanced 
Surface-to-Air-Missile (SAM) Hardware Simulator Development will 
reinvigorate the simulator development process and provide a simulator 
that can be used for electronic warfare (EW) development and testing 
while the simulator community revives its ability to develop and field 
SAM simulators. The funding will be used for research and charged to 
the Department of Defense at pre-negotiated rates. The overall 
initiative would be conducted in two phases. Funding is appropriated 
for an initial 18-24 month effort termed Integrated Technical 
Evaluation and Assessment of Multiple Sources (ITEAMS) and Simulator 
Design. Managing the effort will be the CTEIP arm of the Defense 
Resource Management Center (DTRMC), while DIA/MSIC will execute the 
program as part of their responsibility for advanced SAM systems. 
Subsequent phase will develop the actual simulator device for use in 
DoD-wide testing of Aircraft Countermeasures.
  One of the by-products of the collapse of the Soviet Union is that 
Russian SAM systems became available for purchase through FME/FMA 
programs. This has been a boon for the EW and test communities (DTE & 
OTE) in that they have been able to use actual SAM systems, as opposed 
to SAM simulators, to develop and test EW equipment and tactics against 
Russian SAM systems. While providing the aforementioned benefit, the 
availability of actual Russian SAM systems has had the negative effect 
of curtailing development of SAM simulators. At the same time, the 
Russians have continued to develop advanced SAM systems. Further, the 
Chinese have continued their development of advanced SAM systems, and 
other, third-world countries have been purchasing and modifying Russian 
SAM systems. Intelligence estimates are that these advanced and 
modified SAM systems will not be available for purchase by the U.S. in 
the foreseeable future.
  The result of the above is that the U.S. EW and test communities are 
hampered in their development of EW equipment and tactics against 
advanced Russian and Chinese SAM systems, or against modified, third-
world, SAM systems. This is particularly troubling because these 
threats are critical requirements drivers for many U.S. acquisition and 
upgrade programs including the JSF, AWACS, EF-18G, AARGM, J-UCAS, F-22, 
and JASSM. While it is believed that the simulator development 
community will recover its ability to field simulators of advanced SAM 
systems, such recovery will take a long time. Also, unless action is 
taken soon, the recovery will be hampered by the fact that the 
corporate knowledge needed to develop threat-representative simulator 
designs is being lost through retirement and personnel shifts.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Phil Gingrey.
  Bill Number: H.R. 2638.
  Account: RTDE, Defense Wide.

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  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Scientific Research Corporation.
  Address of Requesting Entity: Scientific Research Corporation, 2300 
Windy Ridge Parkway, Suite 400, Atlanta, GA 30339.
  Description of Request: This program will utilize recently developed 
Wavelet Packet Modulation (WPM). The $1,600,000 appropriated will be 
used to implement design modifications for limited rate initial 
production, including form factor packaging changes for ruggedization 
and for integration with signal intelligence systems. Additionally, 
production readiness for integration with existing communications 
systems will occur. Finally, module testing will be subjected to 
continued assessment and utility testing on multiple platforms. The 
enhanced modules will then undergo a final government Production 
Readiness Review, paving the way for subsequent deployment. Covert WPM 
Communications Modules as communications links for multiple platforms, 
including unmanned aerial systems, provide a critical solution to 
special operations warfighters that require the ability to communicate 
covertly without detection. Funding is required for hardware and 
software engineering, integration, and test (64%); specialized 
equipment (21%); specialized software (13%); and travel to U.S. Special 
Operations Command and to military test sites (2%). This request is 
consistent with the intended and authorized purpose of the U.S. Special 
Operations Command Special Operations Tactical Systems Development 
program.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Phil Gingrey.
  Bill Number: H.R. 2638.
  Account: Other Procurement, Army.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Meggitt Training Systems.
  Address of Requesting Entity: Meggitt Training Systems, 7340 McGinnis 
Ferry Road, Suwanee, GA 30024.
  Description of Request: The $4,000,000 appropriated will continue the 
multi-year upgrade and modernization of existing firearms simulation 
systems in the Army National Guard necessary to meet the validated 
system standard. The modernization includes the conversion to digital 
systems and acquiring tetherless simulated weapons that allow better 
freedom of movement and enhanced realism than the tethered version. The 
Army National Guard views modernization as critical to resolving an 
immediate mandatory small-arms training need in support of the Guard's 
role in the global war on terrorism and homeland security.
  The system features courseware and training scenarios that address 
new and complex tactical situations and provides soldiers with the 
ability to conduct weapons, judgmental, and military training in a 
tactical environment built on geo-specific terrain databases. It 
simulates tactical small unit defensive and offensive situations such 
as security operations, fire & maneuver, and hostage & clearing 
operations in built-up urban areas.
  Small unit leaders use the system to conduct mission planning and 
rehearsal. Indirect fire, close air support, and combined arms training 
capability are included. Additionally, the system's embedded scenario 
authoring capability allows the user to quickly author a scenario 
reflecting emerging doctrinal and/or mission requirement changes. 
Weather effects, environmental conditions, and protective clothing/gear 
can all be factored into the authored scenario.
  Of the 266 systems in the Guard inventory, 169 have not been 
upgraded. These funds will allow for the upgrade of approximately 45 of 
those systems.

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