[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 156 (Sunday, September 28, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2122]
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                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                          HON. KEVIN McCARTHY

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Saturday, September 27, 2008

  Mr. McCARTHY of California. Madam Speaker, consistent with House 
Republican Earmark Standards, I am submitting the following earmark 
disclosure information for project requests that I made and which were 
included within the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment for H.R. 
2638, the ``Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing 
Appropriations Act, 2009''.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Kevin McCarthy.
  Bill Number: H.R. 2638.
  Account: Military Construction, Air Force.
  Project Amount: $6,000,000.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Edwards Air Force Base.
  Address of Requesting Entity: 1 S. Rosamond Blvd., Edwards AFB, CA, 
USA.
  Description of Request: This funding would complete construction of 
the main base runway at Edwards Air Force Base, CA. The funding will be 
used to complete paved shoulders on the runway and account for extra 
costs in the overall runway replacement project from items such as the 
stabilization of over 41,000 cubic yards of both unsuitable and 
unstable soil.
  The main base runway, which supports almost every flight operation at 
Edwards Air Force Base, as well as space shuttle landings when 
necessary, is over 50 years old and is rapidly degrading as a result of 
Alkali-Silica Reaction (ASR), a reaction between the cement and the 
aggregate that creates map cracking, scaling and spalling of the 
concrete. Emergency Foreign Object Damage (FOD) repairs have forced 
runway closures affecting 10 to 15 flights for each closure. No other 
runways at Edwards AFB can safely support the current and projected 
test operations without significant test mission delays, and temporary 
relocation of these missions is not feasible; however, many of the 
current and planned test missions can be supported by a temporary 
runway.
  This project was programmed by the Air Force in 2003 for FY06, and 
was incrementally funded over 3 years (FY06, FY07 and FY08). After the 
project was programmed, the cost of construction materials escalated 
dramatically, eliminating all management reserve and resulting in a 
reduction in the planned scope of the project. Providing the final 
$6,000,000 in FY09 will complete the project as originally scoped, 
avoid contractor demobilization and remobilization, and avoid 
reconstitution of the temporary runway to support this work, saving the 
government over $4,000,000 in cost avoidance on the temporary runway 
alone.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Kevin McCarthy.
  Bill Number: H.R. 2638.
  Account: Research Development Test and Evaluation, Air Force.
  Project Amount: $1,400,000.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Aerojet-General Corporation.
  Address of Requesting Entity: P.O. Box 13222, Sacramento, CA 95813-
6000, USA.
  Description of Request: This funding will be used for the Hydrocarbon 
Boost Technology Demonstrator program and the increase in funding is to 
return the FY09 funding closer to the planned level at contract 
initiation. This critical, next-generation liquid rocket engine 
development effort run by the Air Force Research Laboratory at Edwards 
Air Force Base will not only provide the highest performing hydrocarbon 
engines ever developed in the United States, but also will provide 
higher operability, lower costs and greater safety with higher 
reliability than any liquid booster engine ever made in the U.S. and 
perhaps the world. A match is not required for defense research 
projects, but I was informed that during the past eight years, Aerojet 
has invested approximately $30 million in internal research and 
development funding on this technology and intends continued support in 
FY09.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Kevin McCarthy.
  Bill Number: H.R. 2638.
  Account: Research Development Test and Evaluation, Navy.
  Project Amount: $1,600,000.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: GE Aviation.
  Address of Requesting Entity: 3290 Patterson Ave., SE., Grand Rapids, 
MI 49512, USA.
  Description of Request: The funding for the Micro-munitions Interface 
for Tactical Unmanned Systems (MITUS) program will be used to develop 
an interface between Unmanned Air Systems (UAS) and micro-munitions, 
which are defined as weapons weighing less than 100 pounds. Integration 
of micro-munitions onto UAS requires a stores/weapons management 
interface that provides a safe and effective integration between the 
weapon and the unmanned system. Funds will be expended to develop key 
technologies, including a high speed communication network, airborne 
weapon emulator, interface for micro-minutions, unmanned safety 
architecture, and universal stores management system. Additionally the 
funds will be used for lab demonstrations of the technologies, 
integration into unmanned systems, and flight demonstration.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Kevin McCarthy.
  Bill Number: H.R. 2638.
  Account: Research Development Test and Evaluation, Navy.
  Project Amount: $1,200,000.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: AAI Corporation.
  Address of Requesting Entity: 124 Industry Lane, Hunt Valley, MD 
21030, USA.
  Description of Request: The Next Generation Electronic Warfare 
Simulator (NGEWS) represents a technology breakthrough by its ability 
to simulate electronic warfare threats more precisely and accurately 
than existing technology. The NGEWS will be used to test the advanced 
Electronics Surveillance Measures (ESM) capabilities of FA and EAG 
aircraft, as well as other aircraft in the future. It saves time and 
money by optimizing lab testing rather than flight testing. The funding 
will be used to complete the upgrade of the firs identified necessary 
simulator.

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