[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 23 (Tuesday, February 23, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E213]
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                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                             HON. ROY BLUNT

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 23, 2010

  Mr. BLUNT. Madam Speaker, I submit the following:
  Priority Name: Thunder Radar Pod (TRP)
  Appropriated Amount: $1.6 million
  Account: Air Force--RDT&E
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Mid-American Precision Products
  Address of Requesting Entity: 1927 West 4th Street, Joplin, MO 64801
  Description of Request: The use of taxpayer funds is justified 
because the Air National Guard (ANG) has an essential requirement to 
provide its F-16 fighter forces with all-weather, day & night strike 
and situational awareness capability that will complement its current 
EO/IR capability with the Advanced Targeting Pods. This capability can 
only be provided with an airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) that 
is capable of seeing through cloud cover, inclement weather, and smoke 
obscured targets or areas of interest. Lack of an all weather targeting 
capability will continue to limit the USAF's ability to effectively 
fulfill its Destruction of Enemy Air Defense (DEAD) tasking regardless 
of weather and allow the enemy to operate unfettered in poor 
metrological conditions. This all-weather DEAD capability will not be 
realized until approximately 2018 with the fielding of a like 
capability in the F-35, making the procurement of the TRP in the near-
term time frame critical.

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