[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 98 (Friday, June 26, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1588]
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                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                           HON. LEONARD LANCE

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 25, 2009

  Mr. LANCE. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the Republican Leadership 
standards on earmarks, I am submitting the following information 
regarding earmarks I received as part of H.R. 2647--National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010:
  Authorized Amount: $4,800,000.00
  Project Name: Tactical Metal Fabrication (TacFab)
  Funding Account/Service: RDA, Army
  PE Number: 0602601A, Combat Vehicle and Automotive Technology Line 
Number: 13
  Intended Recipient: SeaBox Inc., 450 Black Horse Lane, No. Brunswick, 
NJ 08902
  The TacFab system, which is currently under development, will 
demonstrate a tactically mobile rapid metal fabrication capability that 
will be a companion unit to the Mobile Parts Hospital to provide spare 
and replacement parts to our Warfighters in theater, and also as a 
stand-alone, metal casting resource provided to domestic organic Army 
depots and industrial facilities in support of RESET activities. This 
final increment for FY 2010 will result in a mobile, rapidly deployable 
asset, both in theater and within the U.S. in support of RESET 
operations. Once fully configured, the Army expects a 5x-10x reduction 
in delivery times for poured metal part base shapes using TacFab versus 
conventional procurement processes.
  TacFab's containerized, mobile foundry to the U.S. Army allows 
deployed forces to produce spare and replacement parts in the field. 
This cuts the order time from weeks or months to 24 hours. Funding for 
this project will provide our troops with the parts they need to 
effectively complete their missions. Additionally, the system can be 
deployed at depots in CONUS assisting in RESET as currently exists. 
TacFab will reduce time waiting for parts and cut costs for DoD while 
ensuring our troops have the weapons they need as soon as they need 
them so they may effectively complete their missions.

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