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Over $55 Million In Funds For MO Military Projects
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Dec 12, 2007, 19:55:00

U.S. Senator Kit Bond recently announced that he secured over $55 million for key Missouri military projects in the defense spending bill conference report.
Bond secured the federal funds in the fiscal year 2008 Department of Defense spending bill conference report, which passed the House and Senate. The conference report must be signed by the President in order to become law.
Bond secured funds for the following Missouri military projects in the defense spending bill conference report:
$3 million for the Neutralization of Improvised Explosive Devises (IEDs) at the University of Missouri-Columbia. The funds will provide for technology to counter remotely detonated explosive devices and research on the effects of its blasts and fragments through a MU-Boeing Company partnership. IEDs are the number one cause of deaths in Iraq; 1,175 men and women have lost lives due to these devices.
$2 million for steel castings and alloy materials at the University of Missouri-Rolla. The funds will provide for advanced research and manufacturing of steel technology for future weapons.
$2 million for the Center for Borane Technology at the University of Missouri-Columbia. The funds will provide technology to synthesize and test materials based on polyhedral borane chemistry for use in highly energetic explosives and propellants.
The center will also develop nanotechnology for use in small, lightweight warheads for armor and missile applications.
$2.4 million for Parents as Teachers Heroes at Home Program. The funds will provide support to the families of servicemen and women through valuable parenting information shared in personal home visits and interactive group meetings. This will expand and enhance services for the four Parents as Teachers program sites currently serving military families at Fort Leonard Wood, MO; Fort Riley, KS; Fort Leavenworth, KS; and Fort Hood, TX. In addition, new sites will be established at 12 additional Army installations.
$6 million for high energy superior lithium battery technology at Eagle Picher in Joplin.  The funds will provide for maximized output, increased performance and reduced life cycle costs for lithium batteries.
$3 million for lithium-ion cell development at Kokam in Lee’s Summit. The funds will be used to establish a state-of-the-art fully automated manufacturing facility in Lee’s Summit to support production of the lithium polymer batteries for the U.S. Air Force, Navy and Army who wish to retrofit their aircraft with these batteries.
$1 million for stabilized enzyme biofuel cell at Akemin, Inc. in St. Louis. The funds will develop a biofuel cell produced from Akemin, Inc. of St. Louis that is ideally suited for the power density and duration of unmanned ground sensor systems. 
$1.9 million for all electric laser at Nuvonyx in St. Louis. The funds will provide for the correction of critical problems in the reliability of laser diode rays.
$2.4 million for knowledge, innovation and tech sharing program at KSS at Ft. Leonard. The funds will provide for the improvement of the U.S. Army’s ability to track, collect, and disseminate valuable information discovered through its research and development program.
$3.2 million for hyperspectal synthetic aperature radar at Clean Earth Technologies in St. Louis. The funds will provide for the continued use of a computer/camera system that uses patent pending statistical and pixel based image processing that allows warfighters to operate under variable and adverse lighting conditions often found on the battlefield.
The system will provide for better detection and classification of assets, fires, bomb damage, live and dead humans, and allies or enemies.
$2.4 million for high power electrolytic super-capacitors at Crosslink in St. Louis. The funds will provide for the expedited research, development, and demonstration of high power delivery sources with increased energy delivery capability to power 21st century weaponry.
$1.6 million for agile software capability intervention at Gestalt in Joplin. The funds will be used to adopt commercial methods for quick deployment of software capabilities.
$1.6 million for the Fastman analyzer platform at 3M in Columbia. The funds will provide for the replacement of several laboratory instruments. The new instruments will allow a single instrument to perform quickly a wide variety of tests and address critical defense and homeland security threats such as bird flu and anthrax.
$3.5 million for joint helmet mounted cueing system at Boeing. The funds will provide for a highly accurate cueing system that enables U.S. fighter aircraft pilots to direct weapons against enemy aircraft while performing difficult maneuvers. Under the cueing system, pilots use their heads and eyes to deploy weapons at targets.

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