[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 16] [Extensions of Remarks] [Pages 21939-21940] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]EARMARK DECLARATION ______ HON. PHIL GINGREY of georgia in the house of representatives Wednesday, September 24, 2008 Mr . GINGREY. Madam Speaker, in accordance with House Republican Conference standards, and Clause 9 of Rule XXI, and in addition to the projects I have already listed in the record for the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2009 and the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009. Funding for these requests was contained in the Department of Defense Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2009. Requesting Member: Congressman Phil Gingrey. Bill Number: H.R. 2638. Account: RTDE, Army. Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Printpack, Inc. Address of Requesting Entity: Printpack, Inc. 2800 Overlook Drive NE, Atlanta, GA 30345-2024. Description of Request: The budget request includes $21.9M in PE62786A for Applied Research of new warfighter technologies of which $5.3M is allocated for Joint Service Combat Feeding Technology. The $1,680,000 added to this account will be used to develop new and innovative packaging and processing technologies for the Warfighter's combat rations. These funds will result in the ability to provide greater variety and more nutritional rations with longer shelf-life and reduced production costs. The objective of this effort is to develop advanced thermal processing techniques based on the utilization of non-foil materials for military ration packaging. The importance of developing non-foil packaging materials will serve as a precursor to the next stage of the R&D effort which will investigate new and enhanced thermal processing techniques; specifically, Enhanced High Pressure Processing (EHPP) and Microwave Sterilization (MW) technologies. The EHPP and MW processing technologies have numerous advantages over conventional thermal processing; however, these processes cannot be used on current foil packaging because they cause blistering and flex cracking of the foil packaging material. Therefore, to achieve the advantages of advanced EHPP and MW processing, it is essential to use state-of-the-art, non- foil packaging materials. The development of advanced, non-foil packaging materials and utilization of innovative EHPP and MW processing techniques will result in the provision of rations with the following beneficial and enhanced qualities: greater variety, better taste, more nutrition, longer shelf-life, lower overall production costs, environmentally friendly, less volume and waste. The FY09, effort will consist of three stages and is budgeted as follows: Stage 1: Blistering ($0.14M), Stage 2: Flex Crack Resistance ($0.26M), Stage 3: EHPP & MW Trials ($1.7M). Requesting Member: Congressman Phil Gingrey. Bill Number: H.R. 2638. Account: RTDE, Defense Wide. Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Georgia Institute of Technology. Address of Requesting Entity: Georgia Institute of Technology, GTRI Cobb County Research Facility, 7220 Richardson Road, Smyrna, GA 30080. Description of Request: The $5,000,000 appropriated for Advanced Surface-to-Air-Missile (SAM) Hardware Simulator Development will reinvigorate the simulator development process and provide a simulator that can be used for electronic warfare (EW) development and testing while the simulator community revives its ability to develop and field SAM simulators. The funding will be used for research and charged to the Department of Defense at pre- [[Page 21940]] negotiated rates. The overall initiative would be conducted in two phases. Funding is appropriated for an initial 18-24 month effort termed Integrated Technical Evaluation and Assessment of Multiple Sources (ITEAMS) and Simulator Design. Managing the effort will be the CTEIP arm of the Defense Resource Management Center (DTRMC), while DIA/ MSIC will execute the program as part of their responsibility for advanced SAM systems. Subsequent phase will develop the actual simulator device for use in DoD-wide testing of Aircraft Countermeasures. One of the by-products of the collapse of the Soviet Union is that Russian SAM systems became available for purchase through FME/FMA programs. This has been a boon for the EW and test communities (DTE & OTE) in that they have been able to use actual SAM systems, as opposed to SAM simulators, to develop and test EW equipment and tactics against Russian SAM systems. While providing the aforementioned benefit, the availability of actual Russian SAM systems has had the negative effect of curtailing development of SAM simulators. At the same time, the Russians have continued to develop advanced SAM systems. Further, the Chinese have continued their development of advanced SAM systems, and other, third-world countries have been purchasing and modifying Russian SAM systems. Intelligence estimates are that these advanced and modified SAM systems will not be available for purchase by the U.S. in the foreseeable future. The result of the above is that the U.S. EW and test communities are hampered in their development of EW equipment and tactics against advanced Russian and Chinese SAM systems, or against modified, third- world, SAM systems. This is particularly troubling because these threats are critical requirements drivers for many U.S. acquisition and upgrade programs including the JSF, AWACS, EF-18G, AARGM, J-UCAS, F-22, and JASSM. While it is believed that the simulator development community will recover its ability to field simulators of advanced SAM systems, such recovery will take a long time. Also, unless action is taken soon, the recovery will be hampered by the fact that the corporate knowledge needed to develop threat-representative simulator designs is being lost through retirement and personnel shifts. Requesting Member: Congressman Phil Gingrey. Bill Number: H.R. 2638. Account: RTDE, Defense Wide. Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Scientific Research Corporation. Address of Requesting Entity: Scientific Research Corporation, 2300 Windy Ridge Parkway, Suite 400, Atlanta, GA 30339. Description of Request: This program will utilize recently developed Wavelet Packet Modulation (WPM). The $1,600,000 appropriated will be used to implement design modifications for limited rate initial production, including form factor packaging changes for ruggedization and for integration with signal intelligence systems. Additionally, production readiness for integration with existing communications systems will occur. Finally, module testing will be subjected to continued assessment and utility testing on multiple platforms. The enhanced modules will then undergo a final government Production Readiness Review, paving the way for subsequent deployment. Covert WPM Communications Modules as communications links for multiple platforms, including unmanned aerial systems, provide a critical solution to special operations warfighters that require the ability to communicate covertly without detection. Funding is required for hardware and software engineering, integration, and test (64%); specialized equipment (21%); specialized software (13%); and travel to U.S. Special Operations Command and to military test sites (2%). This request is consistent with the intended and authorized purpose of the U.S. Special Operations Command Special Operations Tactical Systems Development program. Requesting Member: Congressman Phil Gingrey. Bill Number: H.R. 2638. Account: Other Procurement, Army. Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Meggitt Training Systems. Address of Requesting Entity: Meggitt Training Systems, 7340 McGinnis Ferry Road, Suwanee, GA 30024. Description of Request: The $4,000,000 appropriated will continue the multi-year upgrade and modernization of existing firearms simulation systems in the Army National Guard necessary to meet the validated system standard. The modernization includes the conversion to digital systems and acquiring tetherless simulated weapons that allow better freedom of movement and enhanced realism than the tethered version. The Army National Guard views modernization as critical to resolving an immediate mandatory small-arms training need in support of the Guard's role in the global war on terrorism and homeland security. The system features courseware and training scenarios that address new and complex tactical situations and provides soldiers with the ability to conduct weapons, judgmental, and military training in a tactical environment built on geo-specific terrain databases. It simulates tactical small unit defensive and offensive situations such as security operations, fire & maneuver, and hostage & clearing operations in built-up urban areas. Small unit leaders use the system to conduct mission planning and rehearsal. Indirect fire, close air support, and combined arms training capability are included. Additionally, the system's embedded scenario authoring capability allows the user to quickly author a scenario reflecting emerging doctrinal and/or mission requirement changes. Weather effects, environmental conditions, and protective clothing/gear can all be factored into the authored scenario. Of the 266 systems in the Guard inventory, 169 have not been upgraded. These funds will allow for the upgrade of approximately 45 of those systems. ____________________