September 9, 2009
Senate defense bill includes $59M for Maine companies
By The Mainebiz News Staff
A Senate subcommittee today approved a defense spending bill that includes $59 million for Maine companies, according to Sen. Susan Collins' office.
The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense approved the FY 2010 Department of Defense spending bill, which must now be approved by the full Senate Appropriations Committee, of which Sen. Collins is a member. "These projects continue the valuable contributions of Maine companies to our national security by funding important defense programs in our state," Sen. Collins said in a statement.
The Maine projects funded in the preliminary FY 2010 Department of Defense spending bill:
Aroostook County
- $20 million to Maine Military Authority in Limestone for the continued maintenance of Humvee vehicles
Cumberland County
- $3.1 million for Portland Valve in South Portland for smart valve technology
- $1.5 million for Technology Systems Inc. in Brunswick for additional development of a threat identification program, as well as testing and demonstrations to tailor the system for small craft operators
Kennebec County
- $5 million for Maine Manufacturing Extension Partnership in Augusta for the supply chain initiative which will provide DOD rapid response capability to surge demand using the network of New England suppliers and minimize the risk from supply chain disruptions, obsolescence, and battlefield backorders for machined parts
- $3.9 million for Tex Tech Industries in North Monmouth to produce Ballistic CORE Technology. The Ballistic CORE Technology project provides enhanced protection for troops against fragmentation from blasts and a variety of bullets.
Penobscot County
- $3.6 million for the University of Maine in Orono. The funding will support the investigation and demonstration of LGX High Temperature Acoustic Wave Sensors. It also will provide for woody biomass conversion to JP-8 Fuel.
- $1.9 million for Orono Spectral Solutions to continue development of a chemical and biological infrared detection system
- $1.9 million for ANGEL Secure Networks in Orono to continue development of software which would secure content delivery and provide host authentication
- $1.6 million for Sensor Research & Development in Orono for real time test monitoring of chemical agents, chemical agent stimulants and toxic industrial chemicals
York County
- $12 million for Saco Defense to manufacture the Lightweight Caliber .50 Machine Gun and the Advanced Lightweight Grenade Launcher
- $2.5 million for Howe & Howe Technologies Inc. in North Berwick to weaponize the Ripsaw Unmanned Ground Vehicle, which will provide a full-size high speed all terrain weapons platform
- $2 million for Applied Thermal Sciences in Sanford for the research and development of fuel efficient, high specific power free piston engines for Unmanned Sea Surface Vessels
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