[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 118 (Friday, July 31, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2123]
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                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                           HON. W. TODD AKIN

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 30, 2009

  Mr. AKIN. Madam Speaker, in accordance with House Republican 
Conference standards, and Clause 9 of Rule XXI, I submit the following 
member requests for the record regarding H.R. 3327, Department of 
Defense Appropriations Act, 2010.
  Project: Hyperspectral Imaging for Improved Force Protection (HYPER-
IFP)
  Account: Department of Defense, Army, RDT&E (CERDEC, NVESD, Special 
Projects)
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Clean Earth Technologies, LLC.
  Address of Requesting Entity: 13378 Lakefront Drive, Earth City, MO, 
USA
  Description of Request: To provide $2,000,000 for the Hyper-IFP 
(Hyper spectral Sensor for Improved Force Protection) Program. The 
introduction of a Hyper-IFP in FY08 is allowing the detection and 
recognition of humans (with a near zero false alarm rate) and providing 
indication of other certain physiological triggers that can indicate 
that a person is under extreme stress such as contemplating ``bad'' 
behavior. To date successful development, test and evaluation has been 
done in the lab, though these systems have not been fully optimized for 
theatre operation or for costs. The continued funding of Hyper-IFP will 
operationalize and integrate the knowledge gain in the lab and apply it 
in a true-fielded application at an affordable cost. The Hyper-IFP 
system will also be environmentally hardened to allow field deployment 
and allow integration with other FP sensors in the last quarter of 
2009. Hyper-IFP is focused on the missions of Perimeter Security, 
Suicide Bomb Detection and Urban Route Recon. Utility will be 
demonstrated through an evaluation in both the Southwest border and 
contingency mission in Southwest Asia. This effort will require 
leveraging the current Force Protection sensor suite designs for the 
missions sites to maintain interoperability. In the end, this request 
focuses on both achieving data verification, and the delivery of 
sufficient hardware to validate the Technical Data package for re-
procurement as well as demonstrate the system's ability to deploy to 
DoD/DHS users for the missions described. The Night Vision Electronic 
Sensors Directorate, Ft. Belvoir Virginia, is very supportive of this 
project.
  Project: Aircrew Body Armor and Load Carriage Vest System
  Account: Other Procurement--U.S. Air Force
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Eagle Industries
  Address of Requesting Entity: 1000 Biltmore Drive, Fenton, MO 63026
  Description of Request: To provide $3,000,000 to issue the Aircrew 
Body Armor Load Carriage Vest System, an integrated body armor vest 
system, to aircrew personnel. The system provides fire retardancy and 
ballistics protection from a wide array of threats including small arms 
fire, fragmenting shrapnel and spall, while decreasing the heat stress 
and weight burdens faced by airmen. Currently issued aircrew flight 
equipment survival vests are not body armor-compatible due to weight, 
heat, and survivability concerns. Current issue is not fire retardant 
and fails to meet the present needs of the U.S. Air Force. Of the $3 
million, approximately 25% is for materials; 25% is for labor; and 50% 
is for armor and armor integration.
  This request is consistent with the intended and authorized purpose 
of the U.S. Air Force-Other Procurement account. If funded in full, 
this is a one-time funding request with the goal of the Air Force using 
internally budgeted funding to continue fielding the system to aircrew 
personnel.

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