Authorizations - FY2010
Below is a list of Delaware projects that Senator Carper submitted to the FY2010 Defense Authorization Bill.
ANP, NIDS Handheld Common Identifier for Biological Agents
ANP Technologies, Inc.
824 Interchange Blvd.
Newark, DE 19711
$4,000,000 to develop nucleic acid-based assays for the detection of a variety of biological warfare agent related bacteria and viruses using the Nano-Intelligent Detection System (NIDS) handheld biological agent detector developed by ANP Technologies. Lighter and less expensive than the single agent handheld assay currently deployed by the Department of Defense, this handheld agent detector will also be capable of detecting 10 biothreat targets simultaneously. Providing a detection system that is light, rapid, reliable and easy-to-use, and one that is able to detect multiple threats, enhances the military ability to protect its soldiers on the battlefield and the American people in the homeland in case of biological warfare agent attacks.
Civil Air Patrol
Civil Air Patrol National Headquarters
Maxwell AFB, AL
$4,400,000 to allow Civil Air Patrol to continue at current level of operations in Delaware and across the country. The Civil Air Patrol is congressionally chartered to carry out the non-combative missions of the US Air Force in the United States through inland search and rescue, disaster relief and counter-drug missions, homeland security, aerospace education, and youth development. The President's budget request reduced funding for Civil Air Patrol operations by $4.4 million, meaning every state, including Delaware, will lose some of its search and rescue capacity and see reductions in field support, cadet programs, and training sorties and exercises.
DANG, C-130 Aircraft Maintenance Shops
Delaware Air National Guard
2600 Spruance Drive
New Castle, DE 19720-1615
$11,600,000 to replace the Delaware Air National Guard's engine maintenance shop, aircraft generation shop, aircraft maintenance unit shop area, and the non-destructive inspection shop area. The Delaware Air National Guard's 166th Airlift Wing flies eight C-130s in regular support of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. In order to do their missions, it is essential that the planes be properly maintained. This request will replace existing maintenance shops built shortly after the Korean War.
DAFB, Chapel Center
Dover Air Force Base
Dover, DE 19902
$5,000,000 to construct a new 300 seat chapel center at Dover AFB. The current main base facility has been closed because it was too dilapidated and could not be renovated. Airmen on the main base now have to walk 20 minutes to a smaller chapel near the married housing. A new chapel is needed to meet the religious needs of personnel and their dependents assigned to Dover AFB. In addition, Dover mortuary has processed over 4,400 human remains as part of the current Global War on Terrorism; families waiting to view dignified transfers and/or outbound escorts deserve an adequate place for reflection.
DAFB, Consolidated Communications Facility
Dover Air Force Base
Dover, DE 19902
$12,100,000 to construct a new 32,000 square foot communication squadron which consolidates five communication facilities into one. Currently, the Dover Communications facilities are ranked 2nd worst in the Air Mobility Command (AMC) by the MAJCOM Facility Program Panel. This project will provide a modern communications capability that can be protected, fully support Dover missions, and reduce yearly operating costs.
DAFB, Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratory
Dover Air Force Base
Dover, DE 19902
$4,000,000 to construct a new 10,000 square foot Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratory. The existing facility is undersized and barely able to meet certification requirements. The mission of the 436th Airlift Wing, 166th Airlift Wing (Delaware Air National Guard), 439th Air Reserve Wing, 42nd Aerial Port Squadron and the 625th Maintenance Squadron will be degraded if critical general and aircraft related test equipment cannot be repaired and certified in a timely manner. Failure to plan for and construct a new facility could result in the loss of calibration and repair services on Dover AFB, resulting in the 5,400 item inventory being absorbed by another certified facility.
DNG, Counterdrug Task Force
Delaware National Guard
First Regiment Road
Wilmington, DE 19808
$300,000 to support the Delaware National Counterdrug (DE-CD)Task Force in its efforts to sustain operations and level of support to Federal, State and local law enforcement agencies across the State of Delaware. An increase in funding will permit DE-CD to meet the open requests for support from the FBI, the Delaware State Police, and local police departments. Additionally, an increase would also enable DE-CD to expand their Drug Education Program by funding three additional staff to meet the high demand for the program from middle schools across the State.
DNG, Phoenix Quad-Band Satellite Receiver
Delaware National Guard
2600 Spruance Drive
New Castle, DE 19720-1615
$5,000,000 to allow the Delaware National Guard to acquire two additional AN/TSC-156 Phoenix Tactical Super High Frequency Satellite Terminals for the Delaware Army National Guard's 261st Signal Brigade. Missions in support of the combat operations require satellite communications to support operations in hostile areas in mountainous terrain. The Delaware National Guard's 261st Signal Brigade is tasked to perform such combat missions, as well as domestic missions in support of homeland security, and the Phoenix Quad-Band Satellite Receiver will enable it to perform beyond line-of-sight communications at high data rates using commercial and military satellite constellations, classified and unclassified.
Fraunhofer, Army Plant Vaccine Development Program
Fraunhofer USA Center for Molecular Biotechnology
9 Innovation Way
Suite 200
Newark, DE 19711
$5,000,000 to create more effective and quickly manufacturable prophylactic and therapeutic vaccines for anthrax and plague using an innovative plant-based technology. A quick response to a potential bioterrorist attack requires the immediate availability of reagents for mass therapeutic treatment or for mass vaccination. Vaccines developed with the Plant Vaccine Development program created by Fraunhofer USA Center for Molecular Biotechnology can be produced much faster and far less expensively than current vaccines.
ILC Dover, Joint Services Aircrew Mask Don/Doff Inflight Upgrade
ILC Dover LP
One Moonwalker Road
Frederica, DE 19946-2080
$4,000,000 to allow flight crews to wear a Joint Services Aircrew Mask (JSAM) that can be put on and removed during flight. The current JSAM made by ILC Dover provides chemical and biological protection for aircrew in the form of a fully-sealed hood which fits over the wearer's head and is sealed at the neck. Unfortunately, the current hood cannot be removed during flight, thus producing a physiological, and to some extent, psychological burden when worn for extended periods. Providing a Don/Doff capability to military aircrews will greatly enhance the mission capability while minimizing performance degradation in chemical or biological contaminated scenarios.
INVISTA, Improved Thermal Resistant Nylon for Enhanced Durability & Thermal Protection in Combat Uniforms
INVISTA S.a. r.l.
2801 Centerville Road
Wilmington, DE 19808
$3,300,000 to increase the safety and protection of soldiers' uniforms with improved flame resistant, durable and lower cost materials for the Army combat uniforms, to meet the urgent need of the threat against Improvised Explosives Devices (IEDs). Fiber research has yielded promising results in creating an improved thermal resistant (ITR) nylon capable of protecting U.S. soldiers from the unique burn threats of IEDs and development of these nylon fabrics is projected to save the U.S. Army $36-43 million per year in outfitting the deployed force.
Piasecki, Vectored Thrust Ducted Propeller (VTDP) Compound Helicopter Advanced Technology Flight Demonstration Program
Piasecki Aircraft Corporation
2nd Street West
Essington, PA 19029
$4,000,000 to conduct continued modifications and flight testing flight demonstrations at New Castle County Airport in Delaware on the X-49A Vectored Thrust Ducted Propeller (VTDP) Compound Helicopter technology's potential to increase rotorcraft speed, range, and survivability. This project is designed to meet the Army's need for helicopters with greater speed, range, survivability, reliability, and readiness, as the helicopter is one of the primary means of mobility for US combat troops, and is critical in sustaining combat and humanitarian operations over large areas, as well as rapidly recovering and treating combat casualties.
Quantum Leap, Integrated Warfighter Biodefense Program (IWBP)
Quantum Leap Innovations, Inc.
3 Innovation Way, Suite 100
Newark, DE 19711
$5,000,000 for Quantum Leap Innovations to apply their Integrated Warfighter Biodefense Program (IWBP) technologies to health issues affecting service personnel serving in and returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. Specifically, this request would utilize IWBP to address specific problems in studying the link between psychological health (PH) and traumatic brain injury (TBI). The unique capabilities developed under IWBP will enable medical personnel to explore this newly-emerged link and determine potential interventions that will maximize recovery and minimize future harm in returning service personnel who have suffered injuries in PH and TBI. Accelerating the unique capabilities provided by IWBP will address this newly defined concern for our military forces.
Textronics, Garment-Based Physiological Monitoring Systems
Textronics, Inc.
3825 Lancaster Pike
Suite 201
Wilmington, DE 19805
$2,400,000 to provide continued R&D funding for a new generation of wearable physiological monitoring garments that will afford comfortable, accurate and real-time remote monitoring of a soldier's heart rate, respiration, activity and other physiological parameters. The Army has requested such real-time physiological monitoring, which offers the capability to promptly detect and classify combat injuries and/or health problems. This type of monitoring will allow military personnel to get treatment in the early stages of fatigue or injury, before they lead to chronic or acute problems which could possibly force a person out of military service.
University of Delaware, Advanced Composite Maritime Manufacturing
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE 19716
$3,000,000 to spur the development of next-generation composite technologies to support advanced watercraft that will be faster, stronger, have longer service life, stealthier, up-armor capable, field repairable and cheaper to operate. Composites do not corrode and require less maintenance, and their light weight allows for higher speeds and greater maneuvering. Developing this technology will keep Navy, SOCOM (Special Operations Command), and Coast Guard craft at the forefront of technology, and help ensure superiority of the US military in the water over current and future adversaries.
University of Delaware, Composite Applied Research and Technology for Tactical Vehicle Survivability
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE 19716
$4,500,000 to support applied research at the University of Delaware to allow the Army's Composites Applied Research and Technology Center to successfully insert more durable, modular, lighter, and protective composite armor and structures into its tactical vehicle fleets more quickly and affordably. Current combat and tactical vehicles use steel and aluminum for structure and armor, which limits tactical mobility because of their weight, and wears out vehicles before their normal service life ends. Capitalizing on technology advances and facilitating the quick transition of new and better composite armor and material technologies into Army tactical vehicles helps meet the critical needs of the US Army to protect our soldiers and provide them with the best equipment to carry out their missions in Iraq and Afghanistan.
University of Delaware, Cybersecurity in Tactical Environments
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE 19716
$1,270,000 to develop methods to detect vulnerabilities and intrusions in the U.S. Army's battlefield networks. The U.S. Army uses mobile computer networks for soldiers to communicate with each other and to operate advanced networked devices such as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, robots, sensors, and weapons systems. The security and availability of this network is critical to combat operations and gaining the ability to discover vulnerabilities in Army battlefield networks is essential in safeguarding military intelligence, communication systems and protecting our troops on the ground.
University of Delaware, Millimeter Wave Imaging
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE 19716
$1,900,000 to augment and accelerate the development of small, inexpensive millimeter wave (mmW) imaging systems for brownout conditions as they relate to helicopter operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Traditional imaging systems suffer from poor performance in harsh environments such as fog, mist, blowing sand, smoke and dust, and are incapable of seeing through obscurants such as clothing, luggage, packaging, and walls. Images utilizing millimeter waves (mmW) are able to penetrate deeper into these obscurants and in some cases propagate completely through them. Creating a stable, light-weight imaging system that is impervious to weather conditions will help the military gain considerable tactical advantages and enhanced safety.
University of Delaware, Persistent Surveillance Using Unmanned Millimeter Wave Imaging Platforms
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE 19716
$1,600,000 to accelerate the development of a millimeter-wave (mmW) imaging system mounted on an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) platform for persistent surveillance and reconnaissance. A mmW imaging system - which can penetrate clouds, smoke, dust, blowing sand and other obscurants - is light, small, and low-power and ideally suited for mounting on an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) platform. Military operations will be augmented with the development of this technology, as it will allow for the ability to gather immediate and persistent awareness of enemy movement as well as counter IED protection.
University of Delaware, Radio Frequency Propagation in Urban Environments
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE 19716
$200,000 to better understand how radio signals coming from a building in a complex radio environment can be interpreted to further the Army's ability to "see" into buildings to determine what types of electrical equipment are inside. Developing this technology can help soldiers discern the difference between a simple residence and a bomb factory, for example, giving ground troops greater ability to detect and locate enemy forces and reduce the potential for collateral damage. This type of research is essential for force protection, as any information we can give a soldier entering a building about that building's occupants and contents, the greater chance of reducing possible harm to that soldier.
University of Delaware, Smart Sensor Dust
University of Delaware
Hullihen Hall
Newark, DE 19716
$1,300,000 to develop a nano-photonic sensor technology, or "smart sensor dust," capable of detecting airborne chemical and biological threat contaminants in a safe, effective and inexpensive manner. Current technologies for monitoring airborne chemical or biological agents involve the use of expensive, cumbersome electronic sensors and communication equipment. The proposed system relies on relatively inexpensive passive "sensor dust" that is very light and can be cheaply deployed, fulfilling a critical need for both military and homeland security.
WL Gore, Special Operations Forces (SOF) Modular Glove System
WL Gore & Associates
555 Paper Mill Rd.
Newark, DE 19711
$5,000,000 to accelerate the development of a five-piece Modular Glove System for Special Operations Forces (SOF) that provides the warfighter the necessary protection across a wide range of climactic conditions. Developed to be compatible with the SOF's Protective Combat Uniform designed for frigid conditions, this SOF Modular Glove System provides cold weather protection to -50 degrees as well as provides waterproof protection in wet conditions. The requested funding will enhance the readiness of SOF forces by providing them the Modular Glove System sooner than currently planned, thereby contributing to their effectiveness in the field.