Defense

Subcommittee on Defense

Project Title: 2.0kW Stirling Tactical Cogeneration System (STaCS)
Recipient:       Infinia Corporation
Amount:         $4,000,000
Location:        Kennewick, WA

Purpose: This funding would be used to develop a small, low maintenance engine for the Army that uses solar power to simultaneously produce hot water and electricity for troops in the field.

Importance:  In addition to supporting jobs in central Washington, this would improve field conditions and safety for warfighters by allowing them to generate hot water and electricity more reliably, efficiently and quietly.

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Project Title:  2010 Washington Military Department Domestic Operations Response
Equipment Request
Recipient:       Washington Military Department
Amount:         $2,300,000
Location:        Camp Murray, WA

Purpose: This funding would purchase a command and control vehicle and a field shelter with secure communications for the Washington National Guard.

Importance:  This would improve the Washington National Guard’s ability to respond to natural or manmade disasters and fulfill its mission to protect lives and property in Washington state.

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Project Title:  Advanced Fiber Lasers Systems and Components
Recipient:       nLight
Amount:         $4,500,000
Location:        Vancouver, WA

Purpose: This funding would be used to improve the Air Force’s eye-safe laser capabilities by developing advanced fiber laser technology.

Importance: In addition to supporting engineering jobs in Clark County, WA, this would improve military laser technology used to counter roadside bombs and other threats to the warfighter.

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Project Title:  Advanced Ground Electronics Warfare & Signals Intelligence System
Recipient:       Agilent Technologies
Amount:         $7,000,000
Location:        Everett, WA

Purpose: This funding would develop an advanced electronic jamming device for the Army to detect and neutralize a wide spectrum of threats.

Importance: This would help keep soldiers safe in a time of war by allowing them to counter roadside bombs and other electronic threats more effectively.

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Project Title:  Advanced Night Vision System – Cockpit Integration
Recipient:       Korry Electronics
Amount:         $1,750,000
Location:        Seattle, WA

Purpose: This funding would use dye chemistry and plastic filter technology to develop and prototype the next generation of night vision goggles for Air Force pilots.

Importance: This funding would advance night vision technology, help the U.S. regain its night vision dominance, and ultimately increase the safety and effectiveness of U.S. pilots.

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Project Title: Autonomous Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (UUV) Delivery and
Communication (AUDAC) System Integration
Recipient:       Science Applications International Corporation
Amount:         $4,500,000
Location:        Lynnwood, WA

Purpose: This funding would build on earlier design and development to demonstrate an unmanned Navy submersible. This submersible would carry and deploy small, information-collecting drones.

Importance:  This would allow the Navy to conduct surveillance and reconnaissance missions in hostile waters while minimizing the danger to American sailors.

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Project Title:  Center for Design of Analog-Digital IntegratedCircuits (CDADIC)
Recipient:       Washington State University (WSU)
Amount:         $3,000,000
Location:        Pullman, WA

Purpose:  This funding would further advanced analog-digital research to support Air Force communications technology and provide important science and technology training to college students.  

Importance: In addition to educating the future workforce, this funding would expand research into nanoscale electronics technology for the U.S. military.

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Project Title:  Corrosion Detection and Visualization
Recipient:       Quest Integrated
Amount:         $2,000,000
Location:        Kent, WA

Purpose: This funding would use magneto-optic imaging technology to detect hard-to-access corrosion on Air Force fighter planes.

Importance: This funding would allow quicker and more effective maintenance on aging fighter planes, lowering costs and improving pilot safety.

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Project Title:  Critical Infrastructure Interdependencies Vulnerabilities Assessment
Program (CIIVA)
Recipient:       Washington Military Department
Amount:         $3,510,000
Location:        McChord Air Force Base, WA

Purpose: This funding would allow the Washington Air National Guard to assess and detect cyber threats to state, federal and military critical infrastructure, which includes power, water, communications, sewer and emergency services.

Importance: This would help protect the people and economy of the United States from cyber threats and ensure that essential services remain functional in the event of a cyber attack.

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Project Title: Dedicated Breast MRI System for Madigan Army Medical Center, Fort
Lewis
Recipient:       Aurora Imaging Technology, Inc.
Amount:         $3,565,000
Location:        Madigan Army Medical Center, Fort Lewis, WA

Purpose: This funding would purchase a state-of-the-art MRI system specifically designed for breast cancer screening for Madigan Army Medical Center at Fort Lewis.

Importance: This would provide a life-saving health service for female servicemembers, dependents and retirees at Fort Lewis, McChord Air Force Base and the surrounding area, which has one of the largest concentrations of military health care beneficiaries in the nation.

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Project Title: Department of Defense Impact Aid
Recipient:       Military Impacted Schools District
Amount:         $50,000,000
Location:        Nationwide

Purpose: This funding would provide assistance to public schools districts in Washington state and across the nation affected by high enrollment rates of military school children.

Importance: In addition to injecting needed federal assistance into school districts and communities countrywide, this would support military readiness and retention by contributing to the high-quality education of military school children.

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Project Title:  Electronic Warfare Technology, Doctrine and Tactics Development
Recipient:       Electronic Warfare Associates, Inc.
Amount:         $4,000,000
Location:        Oak Harbor, WA

Purpose: This funding would allow the Navy to develop sophisticated procedures and tactics for electronic warfare, with a focus on the new Growler electronic attack aircraft.
 
Importance: This would improve electronic warfare skills and help the U.S. military maintain its competitive edge in a critical branch of modern warfare.

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Project Title:  Epigenetic Disease Research
Recipient:       Washington State University
Amount:         $5,000,000
Location:        Pullman, WA

Purpose: This funding would allow the Army to better understand how genetic and environmental factors interact to affect the health and well-being of soldiers.

Importance: This would help the military to identify what makes military personnel ill or unhealthy, and to minimize environmental conditions which worsen preexisting problems.

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Project Title:  Expeditionary Swimmer Defense System (XSDS)
Recipient:       Sound and Sea Technologies
Amount:         $4,000,000
Location:        Lynnwood, WA

Purpose:  This funding would use physical barriers and sensor systems to protect Navy ships against maritime threats while in port.

Importance:  In addition to supporting jobs in Snohomish County, this funding would address a top priority of the U.S. Navy by improving security for Navy vessels and keeping American sailors safe in ports around the globe.

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Project Title:  Force Protection Radar for Forward Operating Bases
Recipient:       Trident Systems Incorporated
Amount:         $2,000,000
Location:        Spokane, WA

Purpose: This funding would develop and deploy a portable, rugged radar system for the Army to identify perimeter threats despite obscured weather conditions or dense foliage at combat bases.

Importance: This valuable perimeter security tool would protect U.S. troops deployed at small bases in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Project Title:  Fuel Cell Hybrid Generation System Utilizing Shockwave Compression
Technology
Recipient:       Ramgen Power Systems
Amount:         $2,000,000
Location:        Bellevue, WA

Purpose:  This funding would develop and test a highly efficient, reliable electrical power generator for the Army using advanced fuel cell and shockwave technology.

Importance:  This would advance research into a state-of-the-art hybrid turbine which would provide more energy at less cost for the military and the taxpayer.

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Project Title:  Global Unmanned Aircraft System Networking and Interoperability
System (GUNIS)
Recipient:       CoCo Communications Corp.
Amount:         $4,500,000
Location:        Seattle, WA

Purpose: This funding would develop a communications system for the Marine Corps to allow the more reliable, secure and efficient transfer of digitized information.

Importance: This funding would enhance combat situational awareness, allowing battlefield commanders to utilize information more effectively and making military operations safer and more efficient.

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Project Title:  Health Surveillance System
Recipient:       CombiMatrix Corp.
Amount:         $2,000,000
Location:        Mukilteo, WA

Purpose: This funding would develop a health surveillance system for the Army, which uses this advanced technology for early detection of disease or exposure to biohazards.  It is designed to identify changes in body chemistry and function for timely medical intervention.

Importance: This would support cutting-edge research and development to improve health care for servicemembers and lower the long term cost of care.

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Project Title:  Hearing Restoration Through Cellular Regeneration and Protection
Recipient:       Sound Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (SPI)
Amount:         $3,500,000
Location:        Seattle, WA

Purpose: This funding would advance the drug development process for regenerative medicine to treat Navy Sailors affected by hearing loss and tinnitus.

Importance: This would use innovative science to address hearing loss, one of the most common and costly injuries affecting servicemembers returning home from war.

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Project Title:  Hydroacoustic Monitoring for Marine Renewable Energy Systems in the
Puget Sound
Recipient:       BioSonics, Inc.
Amount:         $2,000,000
Location:        Seattle, WA

Purpose: This funding would use hydroacoustic monitoring to explore the environmental
impact of locating tidal power sites in Puget Sound for the Navy.

Importance: This would help the Navy meet its renewable energy requirement while protecting marine life in Puget Sound.

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Project Title:  Improved Stealth and Lower Cost Operations for U.S. Naval Ships Using
High Strength Flame Resistant LCP Reinforced Netting
Recipient:       Diamond Nets
Amount:         $4,400,000
Location:        Everson, WA

Purpose: This funding would develop and produce rugged, stealthy, lower cost deck-edge netting for Navy vessels.

Importance: In addition to supporting jobs in northwest Washington, this funding would improve Fleet Readiness, lower operational costs, and keep sailors safe while at sea.

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Project Title:  Institute for Simulation and Inter-Professional Studies (ISIS)
Recipient:       University of Washington
Amount:         $6,380,000
Location:        Seattle, WA

Purpose: This funding would enhance medical simulation technologies and expand health care skills training through a collaboration between Madigan Army Medical Center at Fort Lewis, University of Washington and other regional Universities.

Importance: This would improve the quality of medical education for Army and civilian health care providers and thereby enhance health care and safety for servicemembers and civilians.

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Project Title:  Intelligraf Training and Maintenance Aid for Above Water Sensors
Recipient:       Dimension4, Inc.
Amount:         $3,000,000
Location:        Bremerton, WA

Purpose: This funding would allow graphics improvements and maintenance upgrades on a radar system.

Importance: This would address aging components of a key radar system used on aircraft carriers, thereby lowering maintenance costs and improving radar availability for the Navy.

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Project Title:  Kinetic Hydropower System (KHPS) Turbines
Recipient:       Verdant Power
Amount:         $4,500,000
Location:        Lynnwood, WA

Purpose: This funding would develop and construct fish-friendly hydropower turbines in the Puget Sound to supply the Navy with clean renewable electricity.

Importance: This would help the Navy obtain affordable clean energy to meet its federal renewable energy requirements while protecting marine life in the Puget Sound.

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Project Title:  Long-Range, Day and Night Covert Thermal Target Designator
Recipient:       B.E. Meyers and Co.
Amount:         $4,150,000
Location:        Redmond, WA

Purpose: This would fund research and development for small, lightweight gun-mounted sights for the U.S. military to use with thermal imaging technology.

Importance: This would improve the ability of U.S. forces to identify adversaries at a distance when visibility is impaired, enabling servicemembers to carry out their missions more safely and effectively.

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Project Title:  Madigan Army Medical Center Trauma Assistance Program
Recipient:       Tacoma Trauma Trust (TTT)
Amount:         $5,000,000
Location:        Tacoma, WA

Purpose: This funding would provide military medical personnel at Madigan Army Medical Center with critical trauma care experience in local hospitals and also expand trauma treatment for military beneficiaries and civilians in the region.

Importance: In addition to lowering the cost and improving the quality of health care for local residents, this would help deployed military doctors provide the best possible care to wounded warfighters.

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Project Title:  Malaria Vaccine Development
Recipient:       Seattle Biomedical Research Institute (SBRI)
Amount:         $5,000,000
Location:        Seattle, WA

Purpose: This funding would further the development of a malaria vaccine for the Army.

Importance:  This funding would further the development of a malaria vaccine for the Army.  Exposure to malaria while deployed is a top concern of the U.S. military. The development of a vaccine would prevent infection, enhance operational readiness, lower health care costs, and keep servicemembers healthy when deployed to regions with a heightened risk of malaria infection.

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Project Title:  Multi-Dose Closed-Loop pH Monitoring System for Platelets
Recipient:
       Blood Cell Storage Inc.
Amount:         $2,000,000
Location:        Seattle, WA

Purpose:  This funding would help the Army develop a capability to ensure the efficacy of platelets in large samples.

Importance: Platelets are necessary to stop blood loss from severe injuries.  This project would help reduce battlefield deaths caused by transfusions of ineffective platelets.

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Project Title:  National Guard CST/CBRNE Enhanced Response Force Package Sustainment Training and Evaluation Program (CST/CERFP STEP)
Recipient:       Volpentest HAMMER Training and Education Center
Amount:         $1,500,000
Location:        Richland, WA

Purpose: This funding would bring specialized National Guard teams from across the country to the Volpentest HAMMER Center in Richland, where they would receive critical hands-on training in responding to potential Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) incidents.

Importance:  This would boost the National Guard’s WMD response capabilities, addressing the 2008 Commission on the National Guard and Reserve finding that the U.S. “does not have sufficient trained, ready forces available” for WMD incident response.

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Project Title:  Navy Automatic Identification Technology (AIT) Logistics Modernization
Initiative
Recipient:       Intermec Technologies Corporation
Amount:         $5,000,000
Location:        Everett, WA

Purpose: This funding would modernize the Navy’s supply chain management using portable computer technology.

Importance: This would improve the Navy’s supply and logistics system, thereby lowering costs, increasing accountability, and improving the flow of goods and materials to the sailor.

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Project Title:  Next Generation Solar Electric In-Space Propulsion
Recipient:       Aerojet Redmond Operations
Amount:         $2,000,000
Location:        Redmond, WA

Purpose: This funding would develop and prototype solar-powered electronics to control thrusters on Air Force satellites.

Importance: This would use cutting edge technology to reduce satellite weight and fuel consumption, allowing them to carry larger payloads at less cost to the taxpayer.

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Project Title: Northwest Manufacturing Initiative (NMI)
Recipient:       Manufacturing 21 Coalition
Amount:         $2,800,000
Location:        Portland, OR

Purpose: This funding would support a coalition of over 100 private, non-profit and public entities in Oregon and Washington.  The coalition works to support and expand the Northwest’s highly diverse manufacturing sector, in order to provide high quality, lower cost products for the Department of Defense.

Importance: In addition to providing valuable vocational training to the manufacturing workforce of southwest Washington, this would strengthen the manufacturing base regionally ensuring the Pacific Northwest meets the Department of Defense’s equipment needs.

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Project Title:  Observations Systems for the 21st Century – Fixed Base System (OS-21
FBS)
Recipient:       Coastal Environmental Systems
Amount:         $6,000,000
Location:        Seattle, WA

Purpose: This funding would purchase advanced weather stations to provide detailed data on weather and flying conditions at Air Force airfields.

Importance:  This would meet an Air Force requirement by providing crucial information on weather and flying conditions to help keep airmen safe.

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Project Title:  Obsolescence Management Information System (OMIS)
Recipient:       Paladin Data Systems
Amount:         $2,000,000
Location:        Poulsbo, WA

Purpose: This funding would begin the upgrade of the Navy’s electronic tracking system for weapons, equipment and replacement parts.

Importance: This would allow the Navy to extend the life of existing assets through improved logistics planning, making the military more efficient at replacing and maintaining valuable equipment.

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Project Title:  On-Chip Integrated Photonic Polymer Transceiver
Recipient:       Gigoptix
Amount:         $5,000,000
Location:        Bothell, WA

Purpose: This funding would develop a cutting edge modulator for the Air Force capable of transmitting 200 gigabytes of data, which could decrease the size, weight, and energy usage of some of the military’s most critical technology systems.

Importance: This would continue important research to enable the production of faster, smaller, and more energy efficient power and communications systems to help the Air Force maintain its edge in the air.

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Project Title:  Optical Neural Techniques for Combat/Post-Trauma Healthcare
Recipient:       Lockheed Martin Aculight Corporation
Amount:         $4,700,000
Location:        Bothell, WA

Purpose: This funding would develop new laser stimulation technology for the army to address hearing loss, balance disorders and other medical conditions affecting soldiers.

Importance: This innovative approach towards hearing loss and other medical conditions would advance research to better care for soldiers returning from war.

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Project Title:  Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program in the Defense Health
Program
Recipient:       N/A
Amount:         N/A
Location:        Nationwide

Purpose: This competitively granted funding would allow the U.S. military to research illnesses which affect both servicemembers and civilians alike.

Importance: This would improve the quality of health care for both servicemembers and civilians through expanded research into diseases like Multiple Sclerosis, Breast Cancer and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).

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Project Title:  Portable Device for Latent Fingerprint Identification
Recipient:       Sagem Morpho
Amount:         $1,800,000
Location:        Tacoma, WA

Purpose: This funding would design, develop and prototype a portable fingerprinting device for the U.S. military.

Importance:  This would allow the military personnel to identify and capture hostile forces more quickly, accurately, and safely.

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Project Title:  Portable Ultrasound Systems for Use by Deployed U.S. Marine Corps Medical Assets for Triaging and Providing Care for Wounded Servicemembers and Civilians in Afghanistan and Iraq
Recipient:       SonoSite, Inc.
Amount:         $2,000,000
Location:        Bothell, WA

Purpose: This funding would allow the Marine Corps to acquire sophisticated handheld ultrasound machines for use in the field.

Importance:  This would improve battlefield diagnosis and treatment of wounded Marines in Afghanistan and Iraq.

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Project Title:  Positron Capture and Storage
Recipient:       Washington State University
Amount:         $3,000,000
Location:        Pullman, WA

Purpose: This funding would expand research for the Army into positrons, a new, non-nuclear energy source.

Importance: This would advance cutting edge research with potential applications in fields ranging from space travel to medical diagnostics.

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Project Title:  Regenerative Medicine for Acute Deafness
Recipient:       FATE Therapeutics
Amount:         $3,000,000
Location:        Seattle, WA

Purpose: This funding would use advanced stem cell research and developmental biology to develop therapeutic treatments for acute hearing loss among Army soldiers.

Importance:  This would advance safe and effective treatments for acute hearing loss, which affects many men and women of the Army on return home from war.

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Project Title: Roll Controlled Mortar Guidance Kit
Recipient: General Dynamics – OTS Seattle
Amount: $6,000,000
Location: Bothell, WA and Moses Lake, WA

Purpose: This funding would develop inexpensive technology to increase the accuracy of Army mortars.

Importance: In addition to creating engineering and manufacturing jobs in King County and Moses Lake, this funding would respond to the urgent operational needs of troops in the field and help them complete their missions more safely.

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Project Title:  Scalable Open Architecture Upgradeable Reliable Computing
Environment (SOURCE)

Recipient:       Progeny Systems Corporations
Amount:         $4,300,000
Location:        Gig Harbor, WA

Purpose: This funding would develop commercial-sourced hardware for critical IT systems on Navy submarines.

Importance: This would address the Number Six unfunded priority of the Chief of Naval Operations using cost-effective, reliable versions of commercial hardware.

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Project Title:  The Biological and Chemical Warfare Online Repository of Technical
Holdings 2 System (BACWORTH2)

Recipient:       Battelle Northwest
Amount:         $2,000,000
Location:        Toppenish, WA

Purpose:  This funding would provide access to comprehensive, detailed data on chemical and biological warfare to Department of Defense analysts.

Importance:  This would allow military analysts to better understand threats posed to our country and its citizens by Weapons of Mass Destruction.

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Project Title:  Treatment of Battlefield Spinal Cord and Burn Injuries
Recipient:       Oregon Biomedical Engineering Institute, Inc.
Amount:         $4,500,000
Location:        Portland, OR

Purpose: This funding would advance cutting edge biomedical research into therapies for severe burns and spinal paralysis for the Army.

Importance: This would address tragic medical conditions affecting soldiers injured in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Project Title:  Ultra-High Resolution Display for Army Medicine (UHRDARM)
Recipient:       eMagin
Amount:         $5,200,000
Location:        Bellevue, WA

Purpose: This funding would develop and prototype a high-resolution, low-weight head-mounted display to provide advanced simulation technology for Army medicine training.

Importance:  This would help Army medics, doctors and other medical personnel train more realistically for complex medical scenarios.

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Project Title:  U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF) Modular Glove System
Recipient:       Outdoor Research
Amount:         $5,000,000
Location:        Seattle, WA

Purpose: This funding would provide Special Operations Forces (SOF) with advanced, adaptable gloves which function across a spectrum of weather conditions while preserving user dexterity and comfort.

Importance: In addition to supporting jobs in King County, this would help protect Special Operations personnel from extreme weather conditions and enhance their ability to carry out wartime missions.

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Project Title:  Western Regional Counterdrug Training Center
Recipient:       Washington Military Department
Amount:         $2,500,000
Location:        Camp Murray, WA

Purpose: This funding would create a counterdrug prevention, detection, and interdiction training center at the Army National Guard installation at Camp Murray. 

Importance: This world-class, multi-use training and education center would offer vital training to federal, state, local and tribal law enforcement officers to provide them with the skills needed to protect communities in Washington state and across the nation from illegal narcotics trafficking and the threat of narcoterrorism.

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Project Title:  Whidbey Flight Line Remote Sentry System
Recipient:       Vigilos, Inc.
Amount:         $3,000,000
Location:        Naval Air Station Whidbey, WA

Purpose: The funding would enable the Navy to use automated surveillance and control technology to enhance security at Naval Air Station Whidbey.

Importance:  This would lower the cost and manpower burden of security at key facilities at Naval Air Station Whidbey.