Defense bill earmarks money for ME
The U.S. Senate yesterday passed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010, which includes more than $1 billion in the form of contracts and earmarks for Maine companies.
Included in the bill are $1.1 billion to fund the construction of the third DDG 1000 next generation destroyer at Bath Iron Works and $101 million for the manufacturing of machine guns and grenade launchers at General Dynamics' facility in Saco, according to a press release from Sen. Olympia Snowe's office. The bill now heads to the White House for President Obama's signature.
Other Maine-centric provisions of the bill:
• $28 million for a new aircraft hangar at the Bangor Air National Guard base in Bangor
• $13 million for the Marine Corps Reserve component of the joint Armed Forces Reserve Center in Brunswick
• $7.1 million to improve gate security at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery
• $5.9 million for the University of Maine to support continued research and development of high temperature sensors for health monitoring of aerospace components, as well as cellulose nanocomposites panels for enhanced blast and ballistic protection. It also will provide for woody biomass conversion to JP-8 fuel.
• $1.9 million for ANGEL Secure Networks in Orono to continue development of software that would secure content delivery and provide host authentication, both of which are of critical importance to protect the Department of Defense's technological edge
• $4 million for the Center for Regenerative Medicine at Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory in Salsbury Cove, which will develop improved regenerative treatments for those injured in combat
• $3.1 million for Portland Valve in South Portland for smart valve technology
• $2 million for Hodgdon Defense Composites in Portland for design optimization of composite high-speed boats using advanced composite manufacturing and non-destructive evaluation
• $1.5 million for Technology Systems Inc. in Brunswick for additional development of the threat identification program, as well as testing and demonstration on small craft to allow for tailoring the system for small craft operators
• $2.5 million for Howe & Howe Technologies Inc. in North Berwick to weaponize the Ripsaw unmanned ground vehicle platform
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