[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 153 (Thursday, September 25, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2002]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                           HON. STEVAN PEARCE

                             of new mexico

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 25, 2008

  Mr. PEARCE. Madam Speaker, Pursuant to the Republican Leadership 
standards on earmarks, I am submitting the following information for 
publication in the Congressional Record regarding earmarks I received 
as part of H.R. 2638, The Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, 
and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009 of which:
  $7,000,000 shall be appropriated to New Mexico Tech for the Magdalena 
Ridge Observatory (MRO) under the RDTE, Navy Account.
  Contact: Office of Naval Research 875 North Randalph Street, Suite 
1425, Code 03T, Arlington, VA 22203-1995.
  MRO requires specialized capabilities to develop and support advanced 
instrumentation and telescopes for use in astronomical and Department 
of Defense missions. The use of smart instrumentation provides a means 
of reducing costs, maintaining expertise, and providing long term 
operational assurance and education benefits. Recent events have 
highlighted the need to image objects in various locations. A single 
stand-alone telescope is essential to locating targets of interest but 
a multi-telescope interferometer is needed to form model independent 
images.
  $5,000,000 shall be appropriated to New Mexico State University for 
UAV Systems Operations Validation Program.
  Contact: Office of the Secretary of Defense CTEIP Program Manager.
  Building upon the strong capabilities and broad expertise developed 
under the USOVP, this project will focus and address requirements for 
small to mid size UAS--a critical need identified by the DoD. 
Currently, USOVP provides DoD an environment in which to evaluate 
operations and performance of UAV platforms and systems in civil 
airspace. USOVP is headquartered at the Las Cruces International 
Airport with partners in AK and HI. USOVP demonstrations of UAV flights 
in civil airspace, both long distance and regional, are used to advance 
the integration of UAS in the NAS.
  $4,000,000 shall be appropriated to General Atomics for the Holloman 
High Speed Test Track.
  Contact: US Air Force/USAF 846th Test Squadron, Holloman AFB, 
Holloman High Speed Test Track 1521 Test Track Rd., Holloman AFB, NM 
88330.
  This effort continues the development and construction of the 
prototype magnetic levitation test track to support high speed test 
operations at Holloman AFB, NM. This project will continue to deliver 
to the Air Force and US Government test community the capability of 
conducting high speed (up to mach 9) testing of critical missile, 
propulsion, and sensor subsystems in a vibration-free environment while 
reducing the need to conduct expensive and time-consuming flight tests.

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