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Date: September 29, 2006

Contact: Erin Rath(Gregg)
Barbara Riley(Sununu)


GREGG, SUNUNU: $69.3 MILLION FOR NH INITIATIVES IN DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS BILL SENT TO PRESIDENT

 

Seacoast companies secure $8.55 million in federal funds

 

            WASHINGTON– U.S. Senators Judd Gregg (R-NH) and John E. Sununu (R-NH) announced that the Fiscal Year 2007 Defense Appropriations conference report passed the Senate by a final vote of 100-0.  The bill was passed last night by the House of Representatives and will now be sent to the President’s desk for his signature. The bill includes $69.3 million for New Hampshire companies, including $8.55 million for developments and programs being undertaken by companies in the Seacoast area.   A breakdown of the projects is listed below.

The bill appropriates $436.6 billion for the Department of Defense, including $70 billion for operations related to the Global War on Terror. It provides: a 2.2 percent across-the-board pay raise for military personnel, pay and allowances for mobilized Reserve and Guard Soldiers, Special Pays to include Imminent Danger Pay to Active, Reserve, and Guard Soldiers who are deployed in support of GWOT, and additional Combat Benefits for death and traumatic injury. Additionally, the bill includes funding for a Virginia Class submarine, adds $290 million for National Guard and Reserve equipment, provides $1.1 billion for body armor and personal protection equipment, $1.9 billion for efforts to defeat Improvised Explosive Devices, $1.5 billion for Up-armored HMMWVs, and directs that $2.94 billion of procurement funds be available for equipping the Army National Guard and the Army Reserve.

Senator Gregg, a member of the Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, stated, “Companies throughout New Hampshire continue to produce top-level products and services that are helping the men and women of our Armed Services carry out their duties worldwide. They are making a significant contribution to our national security, and I am pleased that their hard work and innovation is being recognized through the funding included in this bill. This bill provides critical support for the men and women of our Armed Forces who put their lives on the line every day to protect our country.  They need the most innovative technology and tools in the continuing war on terror, and this bill provides that support.”

  “Military facilities and private-sector companies across New Hampshire, New England and the nation play an important role in supporting and protecting our men and women in uniform no matter where they serve around the world.  The resources in this defense bill provide critical investments needed to fight the global war on terror, protect the homeland and make investments to best respond to future threats at home and abroad,” said Senator Sununu.

 

Fiscal Year 2007 Department of Defense Appropriations Conference Report
 Seacoast

Albany Engineered Composites, Rochester - $1.3 million for development, demonstration and qualification of an advanced composite technology horizontal tail for the U.S. Army’s Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter.    

Defense Holdings, Dover - $1 million to accelerate the transition and installation of metal fiber brushes in submarine applications. 

Planning Systems Inc., Portsmouth - $1.3 million for the development of a multilevel secure wireless network which will reduce system hardware, maintenance and logistics costs for U.S. Navy submarines.

University of New Hampshire, Durham - $3 million for research on nanostructured composite marine coatings to develop novel coating technologies for corrosion protection for U.S. Navy ships.

Wilcox Industries Corp., Newington - $1.95 million for the procurement of hybrid life support systems, accessories, and training for U.S. Navy explosive ordnance demolition needs.

 

 


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