U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services Authorizations
(In alphabetical order.)
Project: A Controllable Shock Absorber for Advanced Submarines' Weapons Shock Mitigation
Requestor: Advanced Materials and Devices, Inc.
Location: Reno, NV
Amount: $3,000,000.00
Description: The goal of this project is to design, development and testing of a full-scale controllable shock mitigation device for the safety of the US Navy nuclear submarines. The development effort will take 24 months to conduct systems
Project: Advanced Environmental Control System
Requestor: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Amount: $ 4,000,000
Description: The project will develop energy efficient advanced control systems for thermal and energy management on board ships and land based platforms employing technology with a common platform for dual use in the Army, Navy, and Missile Defense. The effect will be a reduction in fuel and energy consumption while increasing operational reliability.
Project: Affordable Light-weight Composite Armor
Requestor: MC-21, Inc.
Location: Carson City, NV
Amount: $4,000,000
Description: Metal matrix composites (MMC) provides the military a solution for light, inexpensive armor that provides excellent ballistic performance. MMCs is to be used in multi-layer armor applications where aluminum will not work, and steel is too heavy.
Project: Airfield Mobility and logistic enhancement
Requestor: 98th Range Wing
Location: Nellis AFB, NV
Amount: $ 7,728,000.00
Description: This funds the Battlefield/Airspace network integration equipment required for the continued successful operations conducted by the 98th Range Wing. Equipment includes; Refueler Truck, 12-Ton Roller, Mud Hut Brick Maker, New Water Truck, Dolly Trailer, CAT CS563 Vibratory Soil Compactor, CB-534D Asphalt Compactor, Roller (Dual Drum), Rough Terrain Forklift, Asphalt Zipper (Reclaimer) AZ-500, End Dump Trailers, 15-Ton Dump Truck w/De-icing Equipment for TTRA, Road Grader All Wheel Drive, 4 X F350 w/Plow and Hopper, SUV 4X4 Explorer, 2009 Ford F-250 FX4 Crew Cab 8’ Bed, Cat 966H Front End Loader with 5cu yd Bucket, F-250 CC4X4, 90-Ton Rough Terrain Grove Crane, Slide Dump Truck (3 axel tractor/2 axle dump trailer), Oshkosh MTVR MK31 Tractor, 15- Ton Dump Truck w/plow and sander, JD 6X4 Diesel Gator (Snow Gator), F-650 Ford Truck with 20 ft cargo box (2010), Semi Tractor 6X4, 60 Ton OTR Trailer, Dergkamp Paver (Slurry Seal Trailer)
Project: Alternative Energy Propulsion for small UAV applications
Requestor: Scheelite Technologies
Location: Reno, NV
Amount: $2,000,000
Description: Scheelite Technologies develops alternative energy propulsion system for small Unmaned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to extend their endurance above the conventional propulsion solutions without polution and noise. Those will b used for survailance and border protection.
Project: Army Tactical Asset Visibility
Requestor: MIS2000
Location: Hawthorne, NV
Amount: $2,950,000
Description: MCEDA in cooperation with MIS 2000/Global Defense Electronics and UNLV will cost optimize a hybrid "Radio Frequency Identification System" to track ammunition sleds at the H.W.A.D and other ammunition bases. . Furthermore the project will commercialize the technology to create jobs in Mineral County and Nevada.
Project: Autonomous Landing Guidance
Requestor: Sierra Nevada Corp
Location: Sparks, NV
Amount: $3,000,000.00
Description: The defense of America depends on high technology to detect and deter potential aggression. An industry sector critical to America’s defense needs is the aerospace investment casting industry which primarily produces complex titanium and super-alloy castings used in structures and rotating components of current and future aerospace weapon systems. Such Sophisticated weapons require complex production processes to assure reasonable cost, delivery and superior quality.
Project: Battlefield/Airspace network integration
Requestor: 98th Range Wing
Location: Nellis AFB, NV
Amount: $ 1,504,000.00
Description: This funds the Battlefield/Airspace network integration equipment required for the continued successful operations conducted by the 98th Range Wing. Equipment includes Low Volume Terminal 2, Joint Range Extension, Training for LEGS and ARMS, Link antennas, Simulator/Amalgamated Remote managed Systems, Situation Awareness Data Link (SADL) XY, Low Volume Terminal Voice Cards, Associated Routers and Switches, PRC 117 Radio Filters Expand Coverage, Mt. Ella Power Upgrade, Microwave Encrypted Radios to tie into network node, Remote Generator Monitoring System.
Project: Big DIHMES Demil
Requestor: Hawthorne Corp
Location: Hawthorne, NV
Amount: $ 3,500,000
Description: The budget request is insufficient to fund an economically and environmentally responsible demilitarization process at the Western Area Demilitarization Facility at the Hawthorne Army Depot, Nevada for the demilitarization of large cast explosives munitions.
Project: CBU/CEM Demil
Requestor: Hawthorne Corp
Location: Hawthorne, NV
Amount: $2,000,000
Description: The budget request is insufficient to fund a safe and environmentally responsible recycling process at the Western Area Demilitarization Facility at the Hawthorne Army Depot, Hawthorne, Nevada for the demilitarization of several thousand tons of Cluster Bomb Units (CBUs), and Combined Effects Munitions (CEMs).
Project: CISRT Enabling Materials Technology
Requestor: Advanced Materials and Devices, Inc.
Location: Reno, NV
Amount: $3,000,000.00
Description: The objective is to develop new materials and designs technologies into relevant applications on submarine based launch/integration systems. Specifically, development of a practical reusable forward closure system utilizing advanced materials and novel design to secure payloads from salt water and sea pressure would be a significant technology enabler that would allow a wide variety of unmanned off board systems to be deployed.
Project: Contained Rocket Motor Burn
Requestor: Hawthorne Corp
Location: Hawthorne, NV
Amount: $2,000,000.00
Description: The budget request is insufficient to fund a safe and environmentally responsible demilitarization process at the Western Area Demilitarization Facility at the Hawthorne Army Depot, Nevada for the demilitarization of the thousands of rocket motors, left in the stockpile.
Project: Containment Vehicle for the Suppression and Transport of Munitions and IED's
Requestor: Blast Containment, Inc
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Amount: $2,500,000.00
Description: With the ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the military needs a lightweight, portable vehicle that can be used to transport high explosive munitions and IED's. This project is the final phase of a 3 phase project that will design, fabricate and test blast containment vessels that will be lightweight enough to be truck deployable, yet rugged enough to contain the blast from 100 pounds of TNT. The technology that will be utilized was developed and demonstrated by UNLV working with the DOE.
Project: Continuous Threat Alerting Sensing System (CTASS)
Requestor: Arcanta Associates
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Amount: $3,000,000.00
Description: Continuous Threat Alerting Sensing System (CTASS) is a low cost and fully integrated system of unattended ground sensors using hardened field portable technology integrates both fixed and mobile sensor platforms with chemical, video, and tracking data. CTASS enables situational awareness for users in the field to make real time decisions and for command and control centers to monitor remote locations in a quick, reliable, and cost effective way.
Project: DC Air Conditioner Suitable for PV Solar Air Conditioning Using Novel VSD Technology and Commercial AC Compressors
Requestor: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Amount: $3,800,000
Description: Solar driven air conditioning is desirable as the need for energy from the grid or on-site generation engines or turbines is eliminated with environmentally-benign photovoltaic conversion of solar energy into electricity. The major hurdle towards practical implementation is the need to condition, for higher quality, the DC power generated by the PV-panels and the electric current demand profile adjustment from motors as used in air conditioner compressors.
Project: Distributed Common Ground System
Requestor: Joint Force Headquarters
Location: Carson City, NV
Amount: $1,512,000.00
Description: The 152d Intelligence Squadron, Nevada Air National Guard, Reno, NV operates an Air Force Distributed Common Ground System. Begin the addition of manpower to the 152d Intelligence Squadron in FY11 and incrementally build 138 additional personnel through FY14
Project: Electronic Periscope Detection Radar
Requestor: Sierra Nevada Corp
Location: Sparks, NV
Amount: $4,000,000.00
Description: The Navy has identified a need to detect submarine periscopes from the decks of these vessels. The Electronic Periscope Detection Radar (EPDR) will meet the size, functionality and affordability requirements that other developmental periscope detection radars -- the APS-137 radar and the SPS-74 radar – do not. The EPDR is a periscope detection radar that is suitable for installation on cruisers and destroyers.
Project: Emerging Infectious Diseases and Links to Desert Environments
Requestor: Desert Research Institute
Location: Reno, NV
Amount: $2,000,000.00
Description: The project focuses on diseases that have symptoms particularly relevant to the military and amenable to synthetic manipulation, i.e., neuro-immune diseases that have neurological and/or cognitive manifestations. This request will assess future threats through modeling and experimentation on small bacterial organisms and retroviruses.
Project: Escalation of Force Non-Lethal Technology for Special Operations Forces
Requestor: Varian Medical Systems
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Amount: $3,000,000
Description: This is an escalation of force (EoF) initiative to assist in providing non-lethal technology enhancements to Special Operations Forces to enable them to engage and immobilize personnel, and vehicles, with minimal risk of significant injury/damage to the target(s). This project meets the requirements of a Commander, USSOCOM unfunded technology requirement.
Project: Gallium Nitride Materials for High Performance Devices
Requestor: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Amount: $4,000,000
Description: UNLV in conjunction with Kyma requests $4M in congressional support to continue its bulk gallium nitride (GaN) materials development effort and to develop next generation high performance electronic devices for a broad range of DOD and commercial applications.
Project: GEDAC Demonstrations
Requestor: Southwest Gas Corporation
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Amount: $5,000,000
Description: Building on success of the previous efforts, funds will further demonstrate 7.5 ton and 15 ton Gas heat pump systems including those with dark start capabilities, on military installations. Funds will also develop a prototype GHP system smaller than 7.5 tons with enhanced engine controls to exceed EPA emissions requirements while maximizing GHP engine efficiency and performance, while furthering R&D to improve efficiency and lower first costs. The Army’s CERL will continue to manage.
Project: Global Military Operating Environments
Requestor: Desert Research Institute
Location: Reno, NV
Amount: $2,000,000
Description This initiative will aid in understanding natural environments critical to execution of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) by linking assessment of natural environmental conditions in strategic areas with United States training and testing installations. Primary project sites will include all principal Army test centers and training center: Experimental sites for technology developed as part of this initiative will also be established in Reno and Boulder City at NSHE facilities.
Project: Heat Dissipation for Electronic Systems and Enclosures
Requestor: Rocky Research
Location: Boulder City, NV
Amount: $3,000,000.00
Description: The project will develop heat dissipation systems for military electronic enclosures operating in harsh environments protecting electronic components sensitive to high ambient temperatures and adding reliability to Warfighter communications and sensor equipment.
Project: In-Field Body Temperature Conditioner
Requestor: Rocky Research
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Amount: $3,000,000
Description: The In-Field Body Temperature Conditioner is a portable device to promote normothermic conditions in injured or ill patients in a remote location. The body warmer has of two elements: the heating/cooling module and the contact pads. The module comprises a vapor compression cooler/heat pump with variable speed drive and refrigerant flow control for variable capacity. The pad system comprises a heat exchanger, insulation and a contact surface. The module is designed to be of low weight.
Project: Land-able Airfield at the UOC
Requestor: 98th Range Wing
Location: Nellis AFB, NV
Amount: $ 3,000,000
Description: The vision of Red Flag is to move the play of AFMC/SOF aircraft into the southern ranges so as not to interrupt the LFE vuls in the north. They'd like to have a landable airfield at the UOC to practice SOF insertion, combat landing etc. There is a dirt strip at the UOC but it's not suitable for landing. This initiative is to get the UOC airfield up to speed to meet the needs of Red Flag and for more realistic training for AFMC (heave) aircraft.
Project: Lightweight Cannon Recoil Reduction
Requestor: Software and Engineering Associates, Inc
Location: Carson City, NV
Amount: $2,300,000.00
Description: Develop software to assist in the designing, development, and testing of the next generation lightweight cannons with reduced recoil, weight, wear, and erosion. Significantly reducing the cannon recoil, thermal load, and system weight using RAVEN breech venting and advanced muzzle brakes technologies will result in smaller, lighter, and more agile armament systems with the same lethality as current systems.
Project: Lung Cancer Screening Advanced Imaging Center
Requestor: Nevada Cancer Institute
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Amount: $2,500,000
Description: The Nevada Cancer Institute (NVCI) proposes to establish and investigate a screening protocol for a unique population, including active duty military personnel, DOD employees, and retirees with a high risk of lung cancer, with advanced imaging to allow for early detection of bronchogenic carcinoma and enable institution of therapy with curative intent.
Project: Metals Affordability Initiative
Requestor: Timet
Location: Henderson, NV
Amount: $ 10,000,000
Description: The purpose of MAI is to maintain leadership in the strategic aerospace metals industrial sector by using technology innovation to maintain global competitiveness. MAI provides improved performance, increased affordability, and sustainability of weapons systems through.
Project: Mobile Aerosol Monitoring System for Department of Defense
Requestor: Desert Research Institute
Location: Reno, NV
Amount: $1,200,000
Description: This project supports the design, building, and deployment of an instrumented mobile facility to investigate the effects of dust and air pollutants on respiratory health and battlefield operations at U.S. military bases in the Middle East and U.S.A. The goal of the proposed initiative is to provide the Department of Defense (DoD) with time-resolved information that will allow them to assess the influence of enhanced dust concentrations on health and DoD operations in the Middle East and else.
Project: Multi-mode CWDM Optical Transceivers for Avionics
Requestor: OptiComp Corp
Location: Zephyr, NV
Amount: $2,900,000.00
Description: The technology OptiComp is proposing to manufacture under this Title III is multimode laser transceivers. These transceivers, and transceivers like them, provide high speed data links between critical systems and subsystems over short distances (i.e., < 10km.) Current development plans within the military and government agencies include deployment on space and avionic platforms.
Project: Multi-mode CWDM Optical Transceivers for Avionics
Requestor: OptiComp. Corp
Location: Zephyr Cove, NV
Amount: $3,000,000
Description: This program address' the requirement for an upgraded optical module for the JSF F-35 platform.
Project: Navy Gun Ammo Demil
Requestor: Hawthorne Corp
Location: Hawthorne, NV
Amount: $1,000,000
Description: The budget request is insufficient to fund a safe and environmentally responsible recycling process at the Western Area Demilitarization Facility at the Hawthorne Army Depot, Hawthorne, Nevada for the demilitarization of thousands of rounds of obsolete Navy Gun Ammunition in the munitions stockpile.
Project: Navy Single Engine Cruise
Requestor: Altairnano, Inc.
Location: Reno, NV
Amount: $5,000,000
Description: This project aims to develop a large format, high energy density, advanced lithium ion-based battery of 2.5 megawatts, with vastly improved environmentally sustainable characteristics and safety from fire/explosion that characterize other batteries. Such a battery would replace one of the three ship service generators normally in operation or in reserve aboard most surface combatants. Current operations require two units to operate at all times to provide backup power in case of failure.
Project: Nevada National Guard Counter Drug Program
Requestor: Joint Force Headquaters
Location: Carson City, NV
Amount: $4,500,000.00
Description: The Nevada National Guard Counterdrug Program requests an additional $4.5 million to fund current operational levels and supplement the equipment capabilities of the Nevada Integrated Imagery Network (NIIN) with personnel. This level of funding would ensure continued sustainment of the Nevada National Guard Counterdrug Program and allow for the integration of the NIIN into the fight against illegal narcotics.
Project: Next Generation Casting Initiative
Requestor: PCC Structurals
Location: Carson City, NV
Amount: $3,000,000.00
Description: The defense of America depends on high technology to detect and deter potential aggression. An industry sector critical to America’s defense needs is the aerospace investment casting industry which primarily produces complex titanium and superalloy castings used in structures and rotating components of current and future aerospace weapon systems. Such Sophisticated weapons require complex production processes to assure reasonable cost, delivery and superior quality.
Project: Quantitative Assessment of Blunt Trauma exposure and Potential Traumatic Brain injury in Professional Fighters
Requestor: Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Amount: $2,000,000
Description: The overall goal of this study is to determine the relationship between blunt trauma exposure and subsequent traumatic brain injury (TBI) in humans. The study will enroll professional fighters (boxers and ultimate fighters) who are applying for a license through the Nevada Athletic Commission.
Project: Range Scrap Demil System
Requestor: Hawthorne Corp
Location: Hawthorne, NV
Amount: $1,500,000
Description: The budget request is insufficient to fund a safe and environmentally responsible demilitarization process at the Western Area Demilitarization Facility at the Hawthorne Army Depot, Nevada for the demilitarization of Range Scrap gathered from test and practice ranges.
Project: Readily Adaptive Camouflage Integrated with Fully electric All Terrain Vehicle (Eatv) and Mobile Solar Recharging Systems for Ground Operations
Requestor: 3D Armor Systems
Location: Reno, NV
Amount: $1,859,000
Description: 3DAS will develop and produce integrated tactical mobility solutions for high threat, high risk environments. 3DAS will integrate adaptive camouflage and an electric powered ATV for improving special operations in military or law enforcement missions. The fully electric light-tactical All Terrain Vehicles (eATV) and Mobile Solar Recharging Systems can be deployed in multi-threat conditions within military, law enforcement, fire, and rescue agencies.
Project: Remote Piloted Aircraft (RPA)
Requestor: Joint Force Headquarters
Location: Carson City, NV
Amount: $2,795,000.00
Description: The 232d Operations Squadron is a Total Force Integrated Associate unit at Creech AFB, Nevada. The existing 65 personnel from the Nevada Air National Guard stood up the Predator Formal Training Unit (FTU) to support the 432d Wing. Request an additional 67 permanent personnel authorizations to meet national efforts against terrorism.
Project: Scalable Field Deployable Solar Power Station
Requestor: MIS2000
Location: Hawthorne, NV
Amount: $2,950,000
Description: Field Deployed Solar Power ( FDSP) is a solution to the renewable energy source required by SOCOM for field operations. This energy source provides a solution to the problem of supplying fuel through difficult or non secure terrain. FDSP as a renewable power source can also be a vital energy source for training purposes in the 250 Sq. Mile complex of Hawthorne Army Depot ( HWAD ).
Project: Self Healing Target System for Fire Alarms Training Range Modernization
Requestor: Pierce Bullet Seal Target Systems
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Amount: $2,600,000
Description: Effective use of range time for firearms training is a critical DOD requirement, yet range operations remain unchanged since WW II. PBSTS has worked w/ DOD since ‘02 to develop 21st century target systems to replace current targets of lumber, cardboard, paper, staples, & plywood construction, which is labor & maintenance intensive, inefficient, expensive, environmentally wasteful, & puts users at injury risk. Current ranges are easily foiled by weather, which causes lost training time.
Project: Small and Light Arms
Requestor: Joint Force Headquarters
Location: Carson City, NV
Amount: $1,333,000.00
Description: The Army National Guard is short critical end-items to support Overseas Contingency Operations and Homeland Response missions; the NVARNG is no exception. The mobilization of ARNG units over the past five years has created a critical deficiency in modern equipment. Specifically, NVARNG left small and light arms in theater to support the national efforts against terrorism.
Project: Soldier-and-Civilian-Worn-Eye-Com™ Eye-and-Head-Tracking Biosensor, Communicator and Controller with Enhanced Biometrics and EEG Integration
Requestor: Southwest Gas Corporation
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Amount: $ 7,500,000.00
Description: This project continues FY05-10 R&D and will deliver an eye- and head-tracking Biosensor Communication & Controller system with integrated oculometric, EEG and other biometric monitoring and detection capabilities. The wearable Biosensor will enable a unique Computer Brain Interface that will couple oculometric with neural sensory data that can evaluate and respond to alertness, vigilance and performance, in conditions such as fatigue, epilepsy, mTBI, PTSD, ADD/ADHD, autism, and other conditions.
Project: Spectral Area Receive/logging
Requestor: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Amount: $225,000.00
Description: Enables identification and logging of all transmissions in a given spectrum. Logs the direction and frequency of received signals, and identifies counter-countermeasure jamming received by the MRECS system. Counter-Countermeasure data and signal identification data will be useful at mission debriefings.
Project: Terrorist Threat Detection System for Shipping Containers
Requestor: Nevada Nanotech Systems
Location: Reno, NV
Amount: $3,000,000.00
Description: A set of advanced prototype C-Scout threat detection systems will be fabricated followed by extensive performance characterization in laboratory and field conditions against a broad set of threats. Threats to be evaluated include concealed military and homemade explosives, nuclear and dirty bombs, chemical warfare agents, biological warfare agents, humans, and contraband. Further performance characterization includes units installed in shipping containers and monitored during transport at sea.
Project: Thermal Coated Bombs
Requestor: Hawthorne Corp
Location: Hawthorne, NV
Amount: $2,000,000
Description: NAVAIR is requesting a safe and environmentally friendly recovery process for the thermal coated alligator bombs at Renovation/Maintenance building 103-16, Hawthorne Army Depot for the recovery of thousands of bombs currently located in the Navy munitions stockpile
Project: Unmanned Aerial Platforms to Support First Responders During Local and National Disasters
Requestor: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Amount: $ 1,977,000
Description: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles have revolutionized intelligence collection and the delivery of weapon systems in a combat environment. UAVs have saved numerous lives by putting fewer personnel at risk, while simultaneously expanding the capabilities of our military forces worldwide. As impressive as UAVs have been on the battlefield, these contributions will be dwarfed by their entry into the commercial and civil environments. There are many domestic activities that would benefit great.
Project: UNR-Ultra High Efficiency Heat Pump for Cooling and Heating Using In-Rush Control via Variable Speed Operation and Pulsing Refrigerant Flow Control
Requestor: University of Nevada, Reno
Location: Reno, Nevada
Amount: $ 3,800,000.00
Description: This project will develop, test and qualify for military use an ultra high efficiency heat pump providing cooling and heating for War fighters in hot and cold climates, which in turn will increase combat readiness and War fighter efficiency.
Project: USAFWC F-15C Total Force Initiative
Requestor: Joint Force Headquarters
Location: Carson City, NV
Amount: $3,255,000.00
Description: The USAFWC is facing a challenge in supporting requirements with F-15C/D aircraft. The USAFWC currently supports test and advanced training to the Combat Air Force. The current planned reduction in Primary Authorized Aircraft and associated maintenance manpower puts this test and training in jeopardy. The NVANG is seeking to provide additional manpower in order to ensure success in advanced Eagle test and training at Nellis AFB.
Project: US Army Acquisition of NOS-45 Modular Crew Served Weapon Light System
Requestor: Night Operations Systems
Location: Reno, NV
Amount: $4,000,000.00
Description: This request would provide acquisition funding for the NOS-45A Crew Served Weapon Light (CSWL) systems toward the Army's CSWL program requirement, to support Soldier/gunner safety and US Army night operations. NOS-45A systems illuminate targets beyond 1,000 meters, and are compact, lightweight, and can be handheld or mounted on all US Army crew-served weapon and vehicle platforms.
