[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 176 (Wednesday, November 19, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2270]
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                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                          HON. GARY G. MILLER

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, November 19, 2008

  Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the 
Republican Leadership standards on earmark's, I am submitting the 
following information regarding earmarks I received as part of H.R. 
2638, Title VIII:
  Requesting Members--Congressman Gary G. Miller.
  Bill Number: H.R. 2638.
  Bill Section: Title VIII, Disclosure of Earmarks and Congressionally 
Directed Spending Items.
  Account: Other Procurement Navy PE#024428N, Aegis Support Equipment.
  Amount: $4,000,000.
  Description of Request: Sabtech Industries (23231 La Palma Ave, Yorba 
Linda, CA 92887) requested continued project funding on behalf of the 
United States Navy, Program Executive Office Ships. Funding will be 
used to modernize Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) based peripheral 
emulators. The project is located at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, 
Dahlgren Virginia. The Systems Engineer for Combat Systems Simulation 
and Warfare Systems at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren, VA and 
the United States Navy, Program Executive Office Ships at Washington 
Navy Yard, D.C. have endorsed this requirement of Sabtech products to 
provide modernization for the Aegis Weapon System and associated Land 
Based Test Sites.
  The Aegis Land Based Test Sites (LBTS) require various high fidelity 
Commercial Off the-Shelf (COTS) based peripheral emulators, High Tech 
Data Communication switching systems, and state-of-the-art technology 
to collect and analyze Combat System performance data. These products 
are vital to the support of the development, certification, Life-Cycle 
Support Engineering Activity (LSEA) and training of Aegis and Ship Self 
Defense System (SSDS). Modernizing these emulators and switches 
provides superior quality computer programs for the war tighter and 
significant cost avoidance. Without this modernization, critical test 
time in the Aegis LBTSs will be lost, resulting in delaying 
certification and delivery of the AEGIS Baselines, AEGIS Ballistic 
Missile Defense, and Ship Self Dense System to the fleet.

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