[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 131 (Wednesday, September 16, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2279]
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                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                        HON. ROSCOE G. BARTLETT

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 16, 2009

  Mr. BARTLETT. Madam Speaker, I submit the following. Funding of 
$1,500,000 is necessary to allow an expedited development of the ASCC 
(Sea Truck) for military/disaster relief use and the fielding of the 
system. Sea Truck supports the Army's need for low-cost, logistics 
support equipment with critical distribution and sustainment 
capabilities. These unmanned, self-propelled support units can be 
deployed from offshore logistics and commercial ships to the beach for 
sustainment operations. Sea Truck is composed of 90 percent commercial 
off-the-shelf nondevelopmental hardware and technologies that are 
compatible with current commercial and military supply support systems. 
The Sea Truck Propulsion Module contains commercial navigation sets 
that allow the system to autonomously traverse to desired locations and 
has the capability to self-redirect to alternate landing sites to meet 
the dynamics of changing theater conditions.

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