(Washington,
D.C.) – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), a senior member of the Defense
Subcommittee announced that she has included critical funding for King County
companies in the Fiscal Year 2011 Defense Appropriations bill. The
funding will create jobs and help Washington state remain at the forefront of
technology, research, and innovation.
The key
job-creating bill passed through the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee today,
and will now move to the full Appropriations Committee for consideration.
“This
investment in companies right here in Washington state will help create
family-wage jobs while supporting our national defense,” said Senator Murray. “This
is about bringing Washington state tax dollars back to companies in our own
backyard. And the plain truth is that if I’m not fighting for these job
investments to be made here in our state, they will go to other states like
Texas and California. Our state’s innovative companies deserve their fair share
of federal funding so they can hire, expand and provide our service members
with tools to keep them safe. I’m proud to have secured this support for local
companies to help them create jobs.”
King
County projects are listed below:
Advancing iPSC Technology for Regenerative Medicine Therapies to Treat
Combat Injuries
Recipient: FATE Therapeutics, Inc.
Amount: $3,000,000
Location: Seattle, WA
This investment would develop regenerative medicines for the Army to treat
traumatic combat injuries, such as blindness, deafness, and tissue loss. This
would advance safe and effective therapies for serious injuries sustained by
soldiers in combat for which there are currently little or no treatment
options.
Project Title: FASTinfo: Patient Status Monitor
Recipient: Pyng Medical USA
Amount: $1,000,000
Location: Kirkland, WA
This investment would design and develop a light-weight integrated health
monitoring device for the Army. This device would improve the ability of Army
medical personnel to triage and treat victims in the event of a mass casualty
incident.
Project Title: Hearing Restoration through Cellular Regeneration
Recipient: Sound Pharmaceuticals, Inc
Amount: $3,000,000
Location: Seattle, WA
This investment would allow further studies and testing on critical hearing restoration
therapies for the Army. Hearing loss is a permanent and progressive disease
which affects many servicemembers. Restoring hearing in military personnel
would improve servicemember health, quality of life, and productivity.
Project Title: In-Space Solar Electric Resource Transport Development
Recipient: Aerojet General Corporation
Amount: $1,000,000
Location: Redmond, WA
This investment would develop high-power solar electric propulsion systems,
leveraging recent dramatic improvements in ultra-lightweight solar array
technology, to place, reposition and service heavier payload Air Force
spacecraft. Cutting-edge technology would reduce satellite weight and fuel
consumption, allowing them to carry larger payloads at less cost to the
taxpayer.
Project Title: Non-Lethal Portable Vehicle Immobilization Device
(NLPVID) for Large
Vehicles
Recipient: General Dynamics – OTS Seattle
Amount: $1,000,000
Location: Seattle, WA and Moses
Lake, WA
This investment would complete the development and qualification for the
Army of the Non-Lethal Portable Vehicle Immobilization Device (NLPVID) to
immobilize potentially dangerous large vehicles. In addition to supporting jobs
in central and western Washington, this would meet the critical need to provide
non-lethal protection against Large Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Devices
in Afghanistan to protect servicemembers and civilians.
Project Title: On-Chip Integrated Photonic Polymer Transceiver
Recipient: Gigoptix
Amount: $5,000,000
Location: Bothell, WA
This investment would develop cutting edge photonic modulator technology for
the Air Force’s high frequency, high bandwidth systems. Current
technologies are physically too large and energy-intensive to sustain the
anticipated levels of bandwidth growth in coming years. This would continue
important research into faster, smaller, and more energy efficient power and
communications systems, to provide accurate, timely information to airmen and
help the Air Force maintain its edge in the air.
Project Title: Puget Sound Baseline Monitoring/Intrusion
Detection System
Recipient: BioSonics, Inc.
Amount: $2,000,000
Location: Seattle, WA
This investment would further develop the scientific monitoring systems
necessary to conduct baseline aquatic species assessment studies at potential
Navy tidal energy development sites within the Puget Sound region. This would
help the Navy meet its renewable energy requirement while protecting marine
life in Puget Sound.
Project Title: The Advanced Amphibious Transportation Lifting and
Storage System
(AATLAS)
Recipient: Sunstream Corporation
Amount: $2,000,000
Location: Kent, WA
This investment would provide the Navy with a single system for on-water dry
storage, launch, recovery, transportation and yard storage of Navy craft. This
would address the Navy requirement for safer, more efficient handling and
storage of small craft both in and out of the water, and would extend the life
of Navy small craft.
Project Title: Scleral Healing and Bone Repair with Sphere-templated
(6S)
Polymers
Recipient: University of Washington
Amount: $1,500,000
Location: Seattle, WA
This investment would advance critical research for the Army on a new
biomaterial for saving traumatized eyes and restoring sight after corneal
injuries. This would allow cutting-edge medical research into new
biotechnologies to address battlefield injuries affecting our servicemembers.
Project Title: Small Agile Tactical Spacecraft (SATS)
Recipient: Andrews Space, Inc.
Amount: $4,000,000
Location: Tukwila, WA
The Small Agile Tactical Spacecraft (SATS) program would develop and demonstrate
a low-cost nanospacecraft for the Army capable of providing detailed imagery
from space and beaming that imagery directly into the field. This would provide
critical “real time” Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) and
communications capabilities to troops deployed around the world, maximizing
warfighting effectiveness for our troops in the field.
Project Title: U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF) Modular
Glove System
Recipient: Outdoor Research
Amount: $2,000,000
Location: Seattle, WA
This investment would provide Special Operations Forces (SOF) with advanced,
adaptable gloves which function across a spectrum of weather conditions while
preserving user dexterity and comfort. This would help protect Special Operations
Forces personnel from extreme weather conditions and enhance their ability to
carry out wartime missions.
Project Title: Wounded Warrior Careers Demonstration Program
Recipient: National Organization on
Disability (NOD)
Amount: $1,200,000
Location: Seattle, WA
This investment would accelerate the return to self-sufficiency for the most
severely wounded disabled soldiers through proactive career counseling and
employment services. This would improve and expand critical employment transition
services for wounded warriors.
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