From Deseret News archives:
Utah military installments get lift from Congress
That massive bill funds most government agencies through March at this year's spending levels because Congress did not pass most of the 13 separate appropriations bills it considers each year. However, that legislation did include three appropriations bills for next year for military construction, homeland security and defense.
Sen. Bob Bennett, R-Utah, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, said, "The projects included in this bill demonstrate Utah's important role in providing your young men and women on the ground with advanced equipment and state-of-the-art facilities to carry out their operations safely."
Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, added, "The work that is done at Utah's military installations and defense contractors is vital to the security and defense of our country."
Funding includes $61.8 million for facility updates at Hill Air Force Base, including $5.4 million for a new fire station, $36 million for an F-22A Maintenance Facility and $20.4 million for a hydrant system to deliver fuel. Also, $5 million was for Hill and ATK for an Automated Composite Technologies and Manufacturing Center.
• $800,000 for a Friction Stir Welding program at Brigham Young University, to develop innovative welding techniques that could be used in naval ships and other military hardware.
• $6 million for Utah State University's Space Dynamics Lab for reconnaissance systems and imagery processing work.
• $1.6 million to Utah State University's Space Dynamics Lab for Intelligence Community Academic Outreach. This program will prepare students for intelligence careers while using the lab's research and technical capabilities.
• $650,000 for Brigham City for pre-disaster mitigation of the city's Carnegie Library.
• $2.4 million to Dugway Proving Ground, Utah State University's Space Dynamics Laboratory and ITT, for work on a Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) system to detect chemical and biological agents.
• $800,000 to the Tooele Army Depot and contractor Battelle to design and build a system to dispose obsolete ammunition at the depot, including depleted uranium projectiles, ordnance contain smoke mixtures and explosives.
• $4 million to Dugway Proving Ground and General Atomics for Advanced Ship Self-Defense Technology testing, including developing and testing the Navy's new rail gun technology.
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