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We were very fortunate that we had many more worthwhile projects than we could submit for funding in a time that demands budgetary "belt-tightening." The list I have submitted to the House Armed Services Committee contains my recommendation, following extensive review and analysis, for potential projects to be funded in the FY2010 National Defense Authorization Act. However, it is important to remember that this is not a guarantee that a particular project will be authorized or appropriated.”
-- Rep. Neil Abercrombie
Archinoetics
700 Bishop Street, Suite 2000, Honolulu, HI 96816
Warfighting Rapid Awareness Processing Technology (WRAPT);
$3,000,000. The WRAPT program is developing & testing a sensor & computing platform for embedded situational awareness. This platform provides trainers with non-GPS based location & weapons firing/pointing information. Concurrently, the same sensor platform will provide measures of simulation realism as well as warfighter involvement & fatigue. This project coordinates other human performance training and education efforts within the Marine Corps and provides a test platform for these technologies.
Atlantis Cyberspace Immersive Group
934 Pumehana Street, Suite 200, Honolulu, HI 96826
Simulation Virtual Training System for the HIARNG (IGS-VTS); $2,500,000.
IGS-VTS is an interactive virtual reality platform that replicates real world tactical conditions, trains appropriate tactics and techniques, and provides a physical interface for mounted or dismounted small group training. It offers the potential to reduce training costs, enhance small unit tactical proficiency, serve as a leader development tool, provide exposure to constantly evolving tactical environments, and diminish dependence on high demand live training ranges.
BAE
999 Bishop Street, Suite 2700, Honolulu, HI
Marine Mammal Awareness, Alert and Response System (MMAARS); $3,500,000. MMAARS will be capable of utilizing marine-mammal detection data from a variety of sensors to provide risk assessment and mitigation options to the Fleet in support of training as well as RDT&E activities; including environmental legislation compliance, pre-operation planning and post-operation assessments. MMAARS will effectively utilize taxpayer dollars by helping the Navy mitigate lawsuits by providing a scientifically robust planning tool for compliance with U.S. Environmental laws.
Better Place Hawaii
745 Fort Street, Suite 2100, Honolulu, HI 96813
Electric Vehicle Charging Network; $2,500,000
Better Place Hawaii, Inc. (BPH) is working to build the infrastructure necessary to charge electric vehicles (EVs) across the state of Hawaii including military bases and off-base housing. They will design, install, scale, and operate an EV charging network. This infrastructure will allow DOD facilities to support a fleet of full size electric vehicles and help the military meet the requirements of Executive Order (EO) 13423, which mandates a reduction in petroleum consumption.
Clarkson Aerospace (Chaminade University)
2320 La Branch, Suite 2104, Houston, TX 77004
Minority Leaders Program - Air Force; $2,000,000.
This program partners a small disadvantaged business with students, teachers, and professors from HBCU/MI institutions, selected major universities and selected secondary schools to perform essential USAF research tasks. In the long run, by establishing these partnerships, this program has enhanced the ability of minority U.S. citizen students to enter into the defense field, has improved the knowledge of the university professors on defense research needs, and has assisted in leading to the solution of essential issues confronting the USAF today.
Guide Star Engineering
PO Box 700697, Kapolei, HI 96709
Trigger and Alert Sonobuoy system Project; $1,500,000.
The Trigger and Alert Sonobuoy System program supports the Navy's need to perform autonomous monitoring in compliance with the Endangered Species Act and Marine Mammal Protection Act, and will allow critical Anti-Submarine Warfare training to meet Unit and Fleet operational requirements, and support Special Surveillance Program evaluation. This effort will benefit the taxpayer by providing invaluable information about marine mammals and their environment that could not be gained by other means, and lead directly to methods to improve the Navy's ability to mitigate negative impact to the marine environment. This project will result in system development, testing and demonstration of the Trigger and Alert Sonobuoy System in Hawaiian waters.
Hawaii Air National Guard (HIANG)
3949 Diamond Head Road, Honolulu, HI
STARBASE Academy HIANG Annual Operating Budget; $360,000.
STARBASE Hawaii has completed sessions in 10 schools in the Kea’au / Ka’u / Pahoa Complex Area District on the Big Island, reaching over 250 5th grade students. This is a rural district with many disadvantaged families and has been under served by programs for disadvantaged youth. STARBASE Hawaii has provided opportunities to help develop a strong foundation of personal direction, self-esteem, and socialization skills for these students. The program’s interactive learning activities, which focus on Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, has brought stimulating educational experiences to the students thus generating hands on experience in learning and has enhanced the subject matter taught in school. Evaluations from the first 10 classrooms show an astounding increase in test results. The program's staff continues to add excitement to their lesson plans, improve on austere facilities, and is in the process of generating increased local public support.
Hawaii Army National Guard (HIARNG)
3949 Diamond Head Road, Honolulu, HI
Readiness Center (Joint Forces Headquarters - Hawaii Army National Guard); $6,600,000. This project includes design funds of $6.6M so that the HIARNG can accelerate the construction of their Joint Forces Headquarters to 2011 or 2012. The JFHQ-HIARNG organization currently has split operations between two locations. Portions of the staff operates out of Fort Ruger at the Adjutant General's headquarters, and part operate out of Kalaeloa in temporary facilities. The Fort Ruger staff elements are currently located 26.5 miles from the Kalaeloa staff elements and the largest density of HIARNG units on Oahu.
Makai Ocean Engineering
PO Box 1206, Kailua, Hi 96754
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC); $3,800,000.
There is a need to develop low cost heat exchangers from materials such as aluminum instead of conventional high cost titanium heat exchangers. The only facility in the world with deep ocean pipeline assets and with a history of heat exchanger testing for OTEC is at the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority (NELHA) in the State of Hawaii. This funding request is intended to plan, develop and begin testing of low cost, efficient, heat exchanger to decrease the overall costs of building OTEC plants for the DoD.
Mele Associates and Bentley Systems
14660 Rothgeb Drive, #102, Rockville, MD 20850
US Navy Mobile Condition Assessment System Pilot for CNRH; $3,000,000. The CNRH ROC is tasked with the responsibility to coordinate the operational response to natural disasters and/or terrorist threats to all naval installations under its regional jurisdiction. This pilot will integrate base planning, facilities condition assessment, planning, acquisition, and operations & maintenance with disaster preparedness and disaster recovery plans currently in effect at the Pearl Harbor Naval Station (PHNS), HI and at CNRH ROC. FY 2010 funding would provide a mobile GPS capability for incident responders working with disaster assessment and recovery processes. This same technology would assist in routine facilities asset management.
NovaSol
733 Bishop Street, 28th Floor, Honolulu, HI 96813
Lasercomm Link for EOD Robot Operations; $3,000,000
EOD robots can save lives. Operators cannot use radio communications to the robot when the CREW jammer is on for safety reasons. Fiber optic tethers can tangle and break, dangerously extending the EOD team’s time on target. Recent demonstrations by NAVEODTECHDIV have shown that lasercomm is successful. There is an immediate need for prototypes of this safety-multiplier based on technology already developed. Prototypes can be quickly prepared and deployed for maximum value to both warfighters and taxpayers.
Ocean Power Technologies
Pier 21, Honolulu, HI 96817
Wave Powered Electric Grid Power Generating System; $3,000,000.
As energy and fuel prices climb higher, there is a growing need for reliable, non-polluting sources of low-cost electrical power throughout the world. In response, the U.S. Navy and Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (OPT) are developing a new technology that promises low cost, easily deployed and readily available electric power generation at ocean sites.This project will demonstrate a renewable wave power system at Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH), Oahu that is connected to the electrical grid.
Oceanit
828 Fort Street Mall, Suite 600, Honolulu, HI 96813
HANDS-IONS; $2,000,000. HANDS-IONS provides a new capability that does not exist today – mostly due to the “distributed network” of optical sensors capability, versus the one-off approach currently relied on today in the US. The re-search for optical and radar based systems today in the US is about once every 2 weeks. A deployed HANDS-IONS distributed network of optical sensors can do a 100% re-search of space objects on the order of once every ½ hour -- so HANDS-IONS is much more persistent. Having a SSA capability ASAP will reduce the “risk and threat” to military and civilian operations and help to insure reliable use of space based assets for navigation, communication and ground surveillance.
PACAF - Hickam AFB
Pacific Air Forces, Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii
Construct Ground Control Tower; $3,900,000.
A properly designed, configured and sited ground control tower is required for ground control tower personnel to direct aircraft and flight line vehicle traffic at Hickam AFB . The existing tower does not provide a clear line-of-sight for all aircraft movements. The new tower location will provide controllers increased aircraft and flight line vehicle movement observation capabilities.
Pacific Biodiesel
40 Hobron Avenue, Kahului HI 96732
PacCom Renewable Energy systems; $3,500,000.
This project will develop a local, sustainable renewable fuel source for the military in Hawaii where currently over 90% of our energy is imported from outside of our state. Besides our inherent energy security risk, Hawaii is also disadvantaged economically as our dependency results in billions of dollars being exported out of our economy. Using ACUB designated lands for biofuel crops, we will grow at least two oil crop varieties for biodiesel production and develop the first in-state oil-crushing facility.
Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard
Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Pearl Harbor, HI
Drydock 2 Starboard Waterfront Facility; $13,550,000.
This project is required to support critical drydocking work vital to the maintenance of surface ships and submarines homeported at Pearl Harbor. NAVSEA has required all Naval Shipyards to provide adequate on-site facilities for Project Management Teams. Critical to the success of any project team is housing its members in functional, adequately-sized, and professionally-equipped contiguous work spaces in very close proximity to its ships/submarines. Collocation of the project team is crucial to maintaining team integrity, momentum, and commitment to each other and their common goal: to successfully execute their project on time, at budget, with the requisite quality. Success will directly affect and improve the Pacific Fleet's maintenance schedules and costs.
Pukoa Scientific
2800 Woodlawn Drive, Suite 141, Honolulu, HI 96822
Detection, Tracking and Identification for ISRTE; $3,500,000.
Nearly all of today’s threats are against asymmetric or moving targets. Existing precision guided munitions (PGM) rely on the Global Positioning System (GPS) and are designed to strike fixed targets. Prosecution of asymmetric and moving targets will require a sensor system and its corresponding targeting information to be immediately conveyed.
Referentia Systems
550 Paiea Street, Suite 236, Honolulu, HI 96819
Managing and Extending DOD Asset Lifecycles (MEDAL); $3,000,000
Department of Defense planners must continually pursue technologies and innovative concepts to achieve measureable improvements in Mission Capability Readiness (MCR) and decreases in Life-cycle Costs (LCC). A comprehensive “tooth-to-tail” systems-of-systems capability is needed to support both MCR objectives and LCC Management policies. taxpayer receives reductions in LCC and increases in MCR.
The Nature Conservancy (requestor)
923 Nuuanu Ave, Honolulu, HI 96817
REPI $35,000,000.
Encroachment on military installations, ranges, and airspace as a result of urban growth and loss of habitat is a major threat to military readiness. REPI funding, combined with funding from state and NGO partners, prevents this encroachment through acquisition of easements from willing landowners, thereby ensuring the continued viability of key installations and their vital contribution to both military readiness and local economies while also conserving important habitat.
University of Hawaii
923 Nuuanu Ave, Honolulu, HI 96817
Pacific Island UXO Detection Using Air and Ground Methodologies; $2,500,000. The UXO detection problem requires methodologies that can rapidly narrow the search and detection of UXO to reduce the amount of time to delineate areas for remediation, and reduce expensive remediation of areas where UXO was incorrectly detected. The proposed approach will integrate airborne and ground techniques to “zero in” on UXO for remediation.
University of Hawaii
2444 Dole Street, Honolulu, HI
Whale and Dolphin Hearing and Echolocation; $2,550,000.
Neither the Navy nor environmental advocates disagree that loud sound can cause harmful effects on marine life. Basic objective scientific measure of the effects of sound on the hearing and echolocation of live whales and dolphins provide quantifiable numbers that allow the establishment of noise level standards that can stand up in court. Based on peer-reviewed university basic research, these standards save taxpayer dollars by greatly decreasing further litigation between environmental protection groups and the navy, while allowing the Navy to operate and train with active sonars to find quiet submarines more efficiently, without restraints varying by location that are imposed to protect marine life.
University of Hawaii
2444 Dole Street, Honolulu, HI
Active Sonar Acoustic Analysis and Mitigation System (ASAAMS); $4,000,000. The ASAAMS will support the mitigation of effects of acoustic emissions from Mid-Frequency Active (MFA) and Low-Frequency Active (LFA) sonar on marine mammals. The proposed ASAAMS initiative will provide the necessary framework for a collaborative effort between the science, technology, and war-fighting communities to address critical national security and environmental concerns while ensuring a consistent and realistic training environment for the Navy.
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