"The projects being conducted by Maine companies and educational institutions will provide information and advancement of technologies that are important to our national defense," said Senator Collins. "These projects are good for Maine businesses and the state's economy, and are important to the Department of Defense."
Maine projects that were included in the spending bill at the request of Senator Collins are as follows:
· $1 million for Vicus Technologies of Kennebunk for Low Cost Avionics
· $1.5 million for Applied Thermal Sciences of Sanford for a Small Watercraft Propulsion Demonstrator
· $1.5 million for Hodgdon Yachts n East Boothbay for a Mark V Patrol Boat Replacement Craft Prototype
· $7 million for the University of Maine to perform Advanced Structures and Composites in Construction and research.
· $4 million for TSI/Applied Thermal Dynamics of Sanford for the development of high performance sandwich panel construction techniques, to solve the problems associated with aerodynamic heating at high speeds and radiant heating caused by flight engines.
· $1.5 to Telford Aviations of Bangor for a small airship surveillance system-lite remotely piloted system project in Limestone.
· $6.7 million to Fiber Material Inc. in Presque Isle for assembly of integrated composite airframe structures and to build parts for Claymore Marine, an advanced naval under sea detection system.
· $15.2 million to Saco Defense of Saco to manufacture parts for the XM312. 50 caliber advanced crew served weapon, an increase of $7 million over the President's budget.
· $1 million for the University of Maine to study the structural reliability of fiber-reinforced polymer composites in ship construction.
· $1.2 million to the Sensor Research and Development Corporation of Orono to create a rapid and highly sensitive detector of biowarfare agents.
· $35 million for Pratt & Whitney in North Berwick to help build new engines for Block 42 F-16s for the Air National Guard and F-15 E Kits modifications.
· $5.6 million to support the New England Manufacturing Supply Chain, which is designed to provide small and medium-sized manufacturing businesses with access to the supply chains of the Department of Defense
· $3.5 million to Noesis for high performance brush program for submarine electrical generators. Some of this work will be performed at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.
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