[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 16] [Extensions of Remarks] [Pages 22858-22859] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]EARMARK DECLARATION ______ HON. RALPH M. HALL of texas in the house of representatives Thursday, September 25, 2008 Mr. HALL of Texas. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the Republican Leadership standards on earmarks, I am submitting the following information for publication in the Congressional Record regarding earmarks I received as part of, H.R. 2638--The Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009. A. Rivet Joint ISR Networth Integration (0305207F 192 MANNED RECONNAISSANCE SYSTEMS.) The entity to receive funding for this project is L-3 Integrated Systems, located at 10001 Jack Finney Blvd., Greenville, TX 75402. The funding would be used to provide networking upgrades that will enable it to fully collaborate with a variety of Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) nodes so that more effective projections of threat environments can be made. B. PrePreg Thickness Variability Reduction Program (0603680F 29 MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM.) The entity to receive funding for this project is Cytec Engineered Materials, located at 4300 Jackson Street, Greenville, TX 78402. The funding would be used to reduce the variability of prepreg thickness to +/-1 percent, which is a substantial improvement over even foreign prepreg capabilities. Reducing variation significantly complements and enhances the advancements expected to be made in the areas of tooling and manufacturing. These achievements are crucial for Cytec's military and commercial partners. C. Stryker Common Active Protection System (APS) Radar (0603653A 62 ADVANCED TANK ARMAMENT SYSTEMS (ATAS).) The entity to receive funding for this project is Raytheon Network Centric Systems, located at 2501 West University, McKinney, TX 75070. APS is an externally mounted vehicle protection system that identifies, discriminates and intercepts RPGs, mortars, antitank guided missiles and artillery projectiles after they are launched toward a combat vehicle. The system consists of the Multi-Function Radio Frequency (MFRF) radar, launchers, fire control processors and countermeasures. Please see attached for financial plan of each project. Neither I nor my spouse has any financial interest in these projects. Finance Plan Requesting Member: Rep. Ralph M. Hall. Bill Number: H.R. 2638. Account: Air Force, RDT&E, Line 192, PE 0305207F, Manned Reconnaissance Systems. Project Name: Rivet Joint ISR Network Integration. Legal Name of Requesting Entity: L-3 Communications Integrated Systems. Address of Requesting Entity: 10001 Jack Finney Boulevard, Greenville, TX 75403. Anticipated sources of funding for the duration of the project: Additional funding would be provided by the Air Force to procure this capability after successful demonstration of the developmental prototype, in their future years budget requests. Percent and source of required matching funds: N/A, this program is providing a good or service to the Department of Defense. Justification for use of federal taxpayer dollars: The RIVET JOINT will provide networking upgrades that will enable it to fully collaborate with a variety of Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) nodes so that more effective projections of threat environments can ba made. Detailed analysis of RIVET JOINT operations shows that full integration of networked capabilities will result in a 25 percent improvement in critical Threat Analysis Measures of Effectiveness for priority dual-use commercial communication threat environments. The specific threats that will be addressed by this system upgrade are the highest priority threats to ongoing military operations. Detailed finance plan: $750,000 is for Non-Recurring Engineering Design and Development; $750,000 is for Manufacture Design and Production of Networked Speech, Geo-Location, and Reach-back Processing and Data Base Access Applications; and $500,000 is for Labor, Materials, and System Installation and Integration on one Rivet Joint aircraft. RECIPIENT REQUEST CERTIFICATION FORM None of the funding requested will be used for a new building, program, or project that has been named for a sitting Member of Congress. If the building, program, or project is already named after a sitting Member of Congress, please state when that naming occurred. None of the funding requested will be used to secure funds for other entities unless the use of funding is consistent with the specified purpose of the earmark. For requests where the receiving entity is not a unit of federal, state or local government, or where the entity receiving the funding will not be providing support to a Federal, state, or local government, or will not be providing research, the requesting entity is to provide matching funds including in-kind contributions of 5 percent or more above statutory requirement. Attachment of detailed finance plan must include: anticipated sources of the funding for the duration of the project; percent and source of required matching fund; and justification for use of federal taxpayer dollars. Name of person certifying: Steven C. Speak. Title of person certifying: President. Project name: Prepreg Thickness Variability Reduction Program. Legal name of entity making request: Cytec Engineered Materials. Address: 4300 Jackson Street, Greenville, TX 78420. RECIPIENT REQUEST CERTIFICATION FORM--Detailed Finance Plan Project Name: Prepreg Thickness Variability Reduction Program. Requested by Congressman Ralph Hall (TX-4). Total Requested funding FY09: $1.6 million. Justification of the use of Federal funds: This program will reduce the variability of Carbon fiber prepreg, the raw material that provides the basis for strong durable, light-weight composite aircraft structures. It is predominantly used by the Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps and the airline industry to fabricate aircraft structures such as wing skins. A major impediment to assembling composite aircraft structural components is the dimensional mismatch of composite parts which may produce rough edges, overlays, or gaps between parts. Much of this mismatch is due to variations that occur in component manufacturing. Funding has been applied to efforts to reduce variation in component manufacturing by the Air Force and the prime contractors. Unfortunately, funds have not been directed towards efforts to reduce variation by refining the raw material--carbon fiber prepreg. Lower prepreg variation will avoid the purchase of costly precision machining equipment by program partners, estimated at $80 million, to mitigate surface and component part deviations. Federal funding is justified in this effort to reducing the variability of prepreg to help the Joint Strike Fighter program and others meet the goal of reducing the overall variability of composite parts. This is vital to reduce the weight of aircraft, as well as to promote optimal stealth capabilities. Detailed Budget for Variation Reduction Development Program Materials: Resin and prepreg production, production trials, feedstock variations, customer shop trials, and packaging supplies: $100K. Deliverables: (1) Develop and demonstrate the necessary equipment and processes for production. (2) Document aerospace production control documents (PCD) for JSF Program technical approval and signature. Labor: Scientist, technicians, mechanics, testing personnel, and production operators: $160K. Deliverables: (1) Direct the work to be done, optimize process, execute plan scale up work. (2) Ensure best practice sharing of manufacturing engineering development. Testing: Fiber testing, production of composites, and testing of the composite coupons: $1130K. Deliverables: (1) Generate meaningful composite material data, demonstrating alignment to heritage mechanical test data bases. (2) Review data and correlate to end-use application. Contract Administration: $30K. Overhead and Contract Management: $100K. Contingency/Miscellaneous Travel, part-time resources, contingent raw material needs: $80K. [[Page 22859]] Total Budget: $1600K. Stryker Common Active Protection System (APS) Radar Bill Number and Account: H.R. 2638, RDT&E, Army, Line 62. Name and Address of Recipient: Raytheon Company, 2501 West University Drive, McKinney, TX, 75070. Program Description/Use of FY09 Funding: Active Protection System (APS) is an externally mounted vehicle protection system that identifies, discriminates and intercepts rocket propelled grenades (RPGs), mortars, antitank guided missiles and artillery projectiles after they are launched toward a combat vehicle. The system consists of the Multi-Function Radio Frequency (MFRF) radar, launchers, fire control processors and countermeasures. In March, 2006, the Army competitively awarded a contract with two options for APS. Option A for the Short Range Countermeasure is in development and will integrate RPG protection into current combat vehicles, beginning with Stryker. Option B will address the longer range threats and is a sub-system to the Hit Avoidance Suite for the Future Combat Systems (FCS) fleet of Manned Ground Vehicles (MGV). In 2007, the Army accelerated the requirement for Stryker by designating it a critical component of Spin Out 2, the second increment of FCS technologies to be fielded to the Current Force in the 2010-2012 timeframe. Due to budget constraints, the FY09 President's budget request does not contain funding to support APS integration onto Stryker. The additional FY09 funding of $1.6M will allow ruggedization of the Environmental Control Unit (ECU) for tactical application (e.g., submergence) on Stryker, as well as software and hardware development for system command and control, including the man-machine interface. Anticipated Sources of Funding: APS development is funded under the FCS MGV budget line, but there is no dedicated funding to support APS development for Stryker in FY08 or FY09. The Army originally requested funding in FY08 for Stryker APS but has since reallocated the funding to support power management and the other upgrades Stryker needs to accommodate FCS Spin Outs. Additional funding is anticipated through future years' budgets, but details of the 10-15 POM are unknown at this time. Matching Funds: N/A. Justification for Use of Taxpayer Dollars: This project aims to accelerate delivery of a validated military need intended to enhance protection of Army soldiers and vehicles. As a priority military initiative, this program will be funded through Federal expenditures. ____________________