[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 12517]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                         HON. CHRISTOPHER SHAYS

                             of connecticut

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, June 13, 2008

  Mr. SHAYS. Madam Speaker, in compliance with Republican Conference 
earmark disclosure requirements, I would like to submit the following 
statement for the Record.
  Bill Number: H.R. 5658.
  Account: Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army Line 179, 
0708045A.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: United Technologies Corporation 
(UTC).
  Address of Requesting Entity: 411 Silver Lane; M/S 129--88, East 
Hartford, CT 06108.
  Description of Request: I received an earmark of $3 million to 
develop a vehicle wide scaled armor protection system for cargo and 
troop transport helicopters to reduce their vulnerability to small arms 
fire. With the funding, UTC will accelerate a statistical design system 
based on battlefield experience that can be used to guide the placement 
and scaling of new armor systems. Light weight ballistic material 
systems, based on novel ceramic materials, can be appropriately and 
selectively scaled and integrated into the helicopter to significantly 
decrease the vulnerability while minimizing the impact on payload and 
mission. The solution needs to include sensitivity to direction, stand 
off distance, obliquity and type of threat. The armor could then be 
customized and integrated to provide effective ballistic protection. 
This solution would limit the weight impact of reduced vulnerability 
while maintaining the mission capability of the vehicle.
  As this is a research and development project, which is not yet under 
contract, a detailed budget breakdown is not yet available. Nearly all 
of the funding would be dedicated to engineering work.