"These projects are valuable to Maine companies and their workers. It is also evidence of the unique expertise and contributions that these companies have to offer to the military and to national security," said Senator Collins.
Senator Collins announced the following appropriations:
· $4.69 million for Brunswick Naval Air Station for a replacement weapons magazine.
· $7.86 million for Portsmouth Naval Shipyard for an acoustic test and calibration facility.
· $5 million to Noesis for a high performance brush program for submarine electrical generators. Some of this work will be performed at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.
· $2.5 million to 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 million to Telford Aviations of Bangor for a remotely piloted small airship surveillance system.
· $12 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.
· $28.5 million to Saco Defense of Saco to manufacture parts for the XM312 .50 caliber advanced crew served weapon, the MK47 Mod 0/Striker40 System for special operations command, the GAU-19 Kiowa Warrior - OH58D Safety Enhancement Program, and the XM307 25mm Advanced Crew Served Weapon.
· $4 million to the University of Maine to establish a US Army Center of Excellence on Advanced Structures and Composites in Construction and to study the structural reliability of fiber-reinforced polymer composites in ship construction.