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Summary:  Below are requests placed by Rep. Johnson's office regarding Defense appropriations

DEFENSE

Project: Advanced Bio-engineering for Enhancement of Soldier Survivability, Georgia Institute of Technology - 315 Ferst Drive Atlanta, GA 30332

Funding Request:  $3,000,000

The funding will focus on research in advanced tissue and bone regeneration and wound care and treatment issues relevant to military trauma care.  Fundamental research advances in these areas can lead to technologies and techniques for better immediate clinical combat care as well as address long term care issues involving limb loss, tissue and organ damage, facial and dental injuries and reconstruction.

Project: Advanced Lithium Battery Scale Up and Manufacturing, Excellatron Solid State, LLC - 263 Decatur St. Atlanta, GA 30312

Funding Request:  $10,000,000

This phase entails optimization and refinement of the battery performance (ultra high energy density +1,000 Whr/l and specific energy +350 Whr/kg); maximizing the design flexibility and modularity of battery pack system, and retrofitting existing facilities for mass production.  This proposal is a continuation of congressionally funded FY2009 program PE 0060200F.which is currently being managed at Air Force Research Laboratories at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.

Project: Advanced SAM Hardware Simulator Development, Georgia Institute of Technology - Georgia Tech Research Institute, 400 W. 10th Street, NW Atlanta, GA 30332

Funding Request: $6,000,000

Led by the Missile & Space Intelligence Center and the Defense
Intelligence Agency, the intelligence community is currently
participating in the Integrated Technical Evaluation and Analysis of Multiple Sources (ITEAMS) process to prepare the US to defend itself against the newest generation of worldwide Surface-to-Air-Missile (SAM) systems.  This ITEAMS work was Congressionally funded in FY08 and will be furthered with continuation funding in FY09 to begin risk mitigation hardware development.  We anticipate that completion funding for FY10 and beyond will be designated through the OSD, Central Test and Evaluation Investment Program (CTEIP) as a listed program.  Advanced SAM
system developers, such as Russia and China, are deploying the newest generation of SAM systems very rapidly.  In addition, these countries are actively marketing and delivering these systems to countries that are potential adversaries of the US.  This funding will conduct an ITEAMS on the newest, most advanced Chinese SAM system in development by leveraging the results of a preliminary intelligence community program begun in FY08.  The funding in this request will develop and in-depth intelligence assessment of the SAM system to allow the US to accurately assess the capabilities, limitations, and vulnerabilities of the system.

Project: High-Efficiency Thermoelectrochemical Conversion of Heat to Electricity, Johnson Research and Development - 263 Decatur St. Atlanta, GA 30312

Funding Request:  $10,000,000

This project will develop a transformative and innovative, solid-state energy conversion system, the Johnson Thermoelectric Energy Converter (JTEC).   As a power generator, JTEC can be configured to operate as small stand-alone units or be stacked to function as large power generating systems.   It can operate on renewable energy streams such as concentrated solar energy, geothermal, biomass, and waste heat as well as combustible fuels to satisfy the US ever increasing demand for power (95 quadrillion BTU's in 1998 and expected to grow to 120 quads by the year 2020).  The system is reversible and can also operate as a CFC-free, heat pump that will be a direct drop in replacement for existing military, commercial and residential HVAC systems.  Building HVAC accounts for 30% of energy consumption in the US, successful completion of this project will significantly reduce energy consumption and CO2 emissions.  Development of this technology would provide the US with an invaluable renewable energy source to reduce dependence on foreign oil while also reducing adverse impacts of energy generation on the environment.

Project: Threat Electronic Intelligence (ELINT) Test Capability, Georgia Institute of Technology - Georgia Tech Research Institute, 400 W. 10th Street, NW Atlanta, GA 30332

Funding Request:  $1,000,000

Enhanced ability to test Army weapon systems is required to evaluate performance against improved and evolving threat electronic signal intelligence collection capability to ensure US Army weapon system effectiveness and to prevent a false sense of security.  The Threat Electronic Intelligence (ELINT) Test Capability program will accomplish this goal by providing the equipment necessary to produce a realistic threat electronic/signals intelligence environment.  Specifically, the Threat ELINT Test Capability program will provide simulation of enhanced foreign threat electronic and signals intelligence systems.  The simulation hardware provided by this program will allow the testing of US and Coalition electronic systems against the advanced ELINT threats.  This test capability does not currently exist and is required to adequately test and evaluate the performance of critical Army equipment developed for the Future Combat System, Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor, AH-64D Longbow Apache, Joint Tactical Radio System, Warfighter's Information Network – Tactical, and Integrated Broadcast Service.

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