[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 17]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 23495]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                       HON. CHRISTOPHER H. SMITH

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, September 29, 2008

  Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Madam Speaker, I submit the following:
  Requesting Member: Rep. Christopher H. Smith
  Bill Number: H.R. 2638
  Account: Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army Account
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Intelligence & Information Warfare 
Directorate, CERDEC
  Address of Requesting Entity: Lakehurst Naval Engineering Station
  Description of Request: Funding will be utilized to implement a 
CERDEC RDT & E test capability for airborne and ground antenna design 
to develop and prove new concept antennae that operate at higher 
frequencies offering significantly higher capacities and are less prone 
to interference and jamming. The test capability will provide testing 
of aircraft mounted antennae at varying altitude under a variety of 
conditions and on specific aircraft including fixed, rotary wing and 
unmanned air systems.
  The system will be used to provide the design of new antennae which 
develop more reliable, expanded bandwidth information links which 
enable the flow of tactical information to the deployed warfighter. The 
capability will also expand the ability of communicating with the 
variety of unmanned systems, both airborne and ground based, for 
increased intelligence gathering and control.


              Detailed Finance Plan: Program Cost Summary.

  L Band development on UH-60M where a required future aviation 
waveform, Wideband Network Waveform (WNW), operates. It is expected 
that most of the wideband operation will occur in this band vs. the 
full WNW band of 30-2000MHz.
  The C and Ku Band on UH-60M test-bed will also address other bands of 
interest to US Army Aviation including C-band where Full Motion Video 
(FMV) systems are being operated on selected helicopters, and Ku band, 
where UAS control and TCDL links are being implemented on selected 
helicopters.
  An antenna development for a more sophisticated single (directional 
or higher gain lower bandwidth omnidirectional) will be needed to 
increase system data throughput for the UH-60M. As the test data is 
analyzed, specifications for antenna systems will emerge and it is 
envisioned that higher gain antenna will be needed to support future 
required data rates.


                             Program Costs

  Labor (engineers techs, pilots, QA) and Labs--$1,046,000.00
  Aircraft costs (UH–1 and C–12)--$150,000.00
  Materials--$404,000.00
  Total All--$1,600,000.00

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