Item: Advanced Corrosion Protection for Military Vehicles and Equipment
Location:  Oak Creek, WI
Request: $3,500,000
Intended Recipient: PPG Industries, Inc.

Purpose/Project Description:  DoD currently spends $10-20 billion each year on corrosion related maintenance, and this project is trying to bring that total down by creating new coatings that will protect equipment from corrosion in a variety of environments, including salty sea air and abrasive desert winds. This research will apply state of the art, high performance, environmentally friendly, anti-corrosion technologies and specialty materials for use in military applications.  Similar technologies have revolutionized the commercial automotive industry.  Development of these technologies will reduce life cycle costs and improve readiness and soldier safety.

Item: Advanced High Energy Density Surveillance Power Module
Location:  Madison, WI
Request: $6,000,000
Intended Recipient: Rayovac Battery Group

Purpose/Project Description:  The Navy needs a high energy density and low weight battery to power many of its surveillance devices.  This project will develop a battery that offers twice the service power of the Navy’s current lithium batteries.  It will also provide Special Operations forces with lower weight, higher power batteries for their communications devices.

Item: Advanced Manufacture of Lightweight Components
Location:  Milwaukee, WI
Request: $3,000,000
Intended Recipient: University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Purpose/Project Description:  The goals of the project are to meet the critical need for advanced materials for battlefield vehicles.  This research will be done in cooperation with our nation’s manufacturing base to develop self-healing metals, self-lubricating metals, nano-strucutured and other advanced materials to meet the needs of today’s combat environment.  The materials developed by this project will improve the mobility, reliability, and energy efficiency of Army equipment.

Item: Automatic Identification Technology (AIT) Logistics Modernization Initiative
Location:  Greenville, WI
Request: $2,500,000
Intended Recipient: Zebra Technologies

Purpose/Project Description:  The Navy has an urgent requirement to modernize its supply and logistics structure with up-to-date automatic identification technology (AIT) and radio frequency identification (RFID) applications to achieve real-time tracking of its inventories and business operations. In addition this project is expected to have a return on investment as short as 12 to 18 months for the Navy.

Item: Biodegradable Polymers for Corrugated Packaging
Location:  River Falls, WI
Request: $4,000,000
Intended Recipient: Interfacial Solutions

Purpose/Project Description:  The Army and Navy spend $50 a ton to dispose of waste – and that cost can rise at sea or when deployed.  This biodegradable packaging will allow the military to either compost some of their waste or shred it and dispose of it at sea.  Now because many of their boxes are made from plastic the Navy has to carry their waste back with them to port at high cost.  This project will help preserve the environment and save money.

Item: Cogeneration for Enhanced Cooling and Heating of Advanced Tactical Vehicles
Location:  Racine, WI
Request: $5,000,000
Intended Recipient: Modine Manufacturing Company

Purpose/Project Description:  This project will capitalize on prior technical breakthroughs for evaporator and condenser design to produce demonstrators that can be rapidly transitioned to active tactical vehicle programs.  The program will use CO2 instead of more traditional Freon for air conditioning.  This will reduce the logistics burden, protect the environment, and make it easier to repair and maintain.  The air conditioning developed will also be lighter and more energy efficient while still capable of dealing with the searing desert heat.
 
Item: Common Digital Sensor Architecture
Location:  Chippewa Falls, WI
Request: $2,700,000
Intended Recipient: Rex Systems Incorporated

Purpose/Project Description:  The Navy has several legacy radars that are more then ten years past their expected operational life.  These older radars were developed before the modern computer age and have sensors that are obsolete.  Since the Navy wants to keep these radars functioning, this project would develop a common digital sensor that could be used to update and maintain these systems since the original parts are impossible to find, and would have limited capability.  The project will improve capability while lowering maintenance costs.

Item: Enhanced Medical Situational Awareness
Location:  Milwaukee, WI
Request: $11,300,000
Intended Recipient: Shoreland Inc.

Purpose/Project Description:  This project will continue to develop a world wide network accessible through a hand held device that will guide members of the military anywhere in the world to the nearest and best medical facility.  It will be constantly upgraded to keep abreast of improvements in changes in regional health care networks.  It will also have a feed back feature which will allow the Pentagon to track changes in hospital usage world wide to monitor for potential outbreaks and warn troops and State Department officials of disease concerns.  Currently the White House and some private companies use a version of this system when traveling abroad.

Item: Eye Safe Laser Range Finder
Location:  Madison, WI
Request: $4,100,000
Intended Recipient: Alfalight

Purpose/Project Description:  The Department of Defense (DOD) and US Army, in specific, are seeking compact, cost-effective, rugged and reliable “eye-safe” laser range-finder. These devices help our troops identify and designate enemy targets very accurately. Currently available laser range-finders are expensive, large and consume a lot of power due to inefficiency related with poor optical-to-optical power conversion efficiency of the “eye-safe” laser architecture in use. Alfalight has a unique high efficiency and high brightness laser based on its curved-grating surface-emitting distributed feedback (SE-DFB) architecture that allows design of very compact, efficient and low-cost “eye-safe” range-finder.
 
Item: Family of Heavy Tactical Vehicles
Location:  Oshkosh, WI
Request: $10,000,000
Intended Recipient: Oshkosh Corporation

Purpose/Project Description:  This project will develop the capability for the hybrid HEMTT A3 vehicle to carry an anti-aircraft/anti-missile system or a Command and Control module.  The anti-aircraft/anti-missile version would set up faster than current systems while the Command and Control version would be a valuable asset for National Guard disaster preparedness.

Item: Fan Coil Assembly of the Future
Location:  Milwaukee, WI
Request: $3,400,000
Intended Recipient: DRS Technologies

Purpose/Project Description:  With the continuing growth of electronics on board ship, there is also a growing need for cutting edge HVAC systems – but advances in on board cooling technologies has been non-existent.  This project will create the Fan Coil Assemblies that will give the Navy 25-50% more cooling capacity, while also reducing weight by 25-50%, and lowering noise.

Item: Fire and Blast Resistant Materials for Force Protection
Location:  Chelmsford, MA
Request: $5,000,000
Contractor: Triton Systems – Marquette University

Project Description:  This project will develop a spray on coating that will provide improved blast resistance while also reducing smoke and toxic fumes in the event of fire.  The military needs an alternative that works better than massive walls, and will not release toxic smoke when it starts to burn.  The lightweight resin developed by this project will save lives in combat zones and provide protection to federal buildings.  If the entire amount is provided this will complete the research project.

Item: Flame & Thermal Protection for the Individual Soldier
Location:  Appleton, WI
Request: $5,000,000
Intended Recipient: Appleton Paper, Inc.

Purpose/Project Description:  This project will continue the development of new, low cost materials in the combat uniform that will provide protection from flame and thermal threats encountered in the theater of operations.  Flame retardant material will provide protection to the face, neck, and hands. This project will also focus on providing a high level of improving heat and moisture management, increasing mobility, reducing weight and cost of the combat uniform.

Item: High Efficiency Renewable Carbon Dioxide Heat Pumping
Technology
Location:  Milwaukee, WI
Request: $4,000,000
Intended Recipient: A.O. Smith Corporation

Purpose/Project Description:  As the Army has been operating more flexible and semi-fixed systems in desert and mountainous regions it has developed a need for advanced and efficient heating and cooling systems for battlefield systems. This project would take advantage of carbon dioxide heat pump technology to develop a system that could heat water and cool space by capturing heat from the ambient air.  The goal is to get a system that would be 96% efficient, saving the Army money – but more importantly improving life in the field while reducing the logistics tail and need for fuel.  In addition the system uses more environmentally friendly CO2 instead of more dangerous CFCs.

Item: Integrated Alternative Power Systems
Location:  Milwaukee, WI
Request: $3,200,000
Intended Recipient: Eaton Corporation

Purpose/Project Description:  This project will design, develop, and build the smart nodes for an electric distribution system that balances power sources for optimal security and power efficiency by enabling a reconfigurable power network, also known as a microgrid.  This project will give the military miniature smart grids – where power production and consumption are properly balanced.  Today generators at military encampments run constantly regardless of need.  This project would create the technology necessary to have generators react when there is more power demand, and conserve power when not necessary.  This would conserve energy and fuel – reducing the logistics need of soldiers in the field.

Item: Large Format Lithium Ion Battery
Location:  Milwaukee, WI
Request: $7,000,000
Intended Recipient: C+D Technologies

Purpose/Project Description:  This project will develop the large Li-Ion batteries the Army needs to meet the demands of its new vehicles.  The Army’s demand for electricity and batteries is constantly growing, but at the same time the Army needs batteries that are lighter weight and smarter than current lead acid designs.  Li-Ion batteries can cut the weight and increase power density, as well as give soldiers a clear idea of how much power is available.  The military wants a domestic source to provide the large batteries that the hybrid vehicles of the future will need so we are not dependent on overseas providers.

Item: LSD-41/49 Main Propulsion Diesel Engine Upgrade
Location:  Beloit, WI
Request: $12,000,000
Intended Recipient: Fairbanks Morse Engine

Purpose/Project Description:  The Navy began in FY 08 a program to extend the life of the LSD-41/49 class of amphibious ships.  This midlife upgrade is to improve the operational capabilities throughout the full 40 years of service life.  The procurement of two ship sets of STC in FY10 will have the following benefits for the Navy: 1) Improved fuel efficiency/reduced fuel consumption by 10-14%, 2)Reduced exhaust emissions over a wider speed/power range, 3)Faster ship acceleration and shorter stopping distance, 4)50% reduction in maintenance costs for turbochargers and most power components.

Item: Magnetic Refrigeration Technology for Naval Applications
Location:  Madison, WI
Request: $6,700,000
Intended Recipient: Astronautics

Purpose/Project Description:  The Navy expects that its next generation of ships will need a 700% increase in cooling capacity due to greater electrification and introduction of multiple high‑powered weapons systems. Conventional cooling technology, based on vapor compression systems with limited efficiency, will be too heavy and large for this emerging naval requirement.  Magnetic refrigeration (MR) is a cooling technology that has the high-energy efficiency, low weight, compact size, and lower maintenance that the Navy requires for their next generation of ships. Unlike conventional cooling technologies, MR is environmentally friendly, using a solid refrigerant and water-based heat transfer fluids. Preliminary estimates indicate that MR technology achieves a 50% reduction in weight and volume and a 35% improvement in efficiency when compared to currently deployed naval chillers.
 
Item: Microdrive for Future HVAC Systems
Location:  Milwaukee, WI
Request: $2,400,000
Intended Recipient: DRS Technologies

Purpose/Project Description:  HVAC systems on ships have changed little over the last 60 years.  These legacy systems are heavy, waste energy, and are time consuming to maintain.  Current systems have only one fan speed – so the systems are either on or off.  This makes the temperature on board either too hot or too cold, and requires the system to be switching on and off, wasting energy.  This project will develop small, light, and cooler drive systems that can react smoothly to temperature variations.  The new system will also be quieter, allowing these systems to be put in sections of the ship that are low noise spaces.

Item: Mitigating Traumatic Brain Injury by Controlling Inflamation
Location:  Milwaukee, WI
Request: $4,000,000
Intended Recipient: Blood Center of Wisconsin

Purpose/Project Description:  Traumatic brain injury is one of the most common wounds of our conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.  Often it is not the initial injury that threatens the victim, but the severe swelling and inflammation that occurs after the injury.  This project will try and reduce the damage inflicted on our soldiers by identifying the blood factors that have anti-inflammatory effects in the brain.  The goal is to be able to produce or trigger these anti-inflammatory blood factors and avoid compounding the damage in the original injury.

Item: Multifunctional Protective Packaging
Location:  Rhinelander, WI
Request: $3,000,000
Intended Recipient: American Plastics

Purpose/Project Description:  This project will continue the development of smart packaging materials to protect against oxygen, moisture, microbes and insects.  It will make Meals Ready to Eat taste better, last longer, and be more tamper resistant.

Item: On Board Vehicle Power Kits for USMC MTVR Trucks
Location:  Oshkosh, WI
Request: $20,000,000
Intended Recipient: Oshkosh Corporation

Purpose/Project Description:  The project would develop vehicles that carry their own generators so that the Marine Corps does not have to tow generators, or carry generators to power equipment.  These vehicles save energy and reduce the amount of equipment the military has to carry into a combat zone.

Item: Single Fuel Source Engine Development
Location:  Racine, WI
Request: $4,000,000
Intended Recipient: Delta Hawk

Purpose/Project Description:  Currently the military uses several types of fuel for different types of engines, but they would like to consolidate their fuel options.  To do this the military is looking for a diesel powered engine that could be used for unmanned aerial vehicles.  If UAVs used the same fuel as other military vehicles the cost of delivering fuel would decline and the military would save money.

Item: Technologies for Military Equipment Replenishment
Location:  Grantsburg, WI
Request: $6,500,000
Intended Recipient: McNally Industries

Purpose/Project Description:  This project has a proven history of being able to supply hard to source parts where the original manufacturer has disappeared, or the number of parts needed is so small that large contractors charge exorbitant amounts for a handful of parts.  It does this by using cutting edge manufacturing technologies to make these parts quickly, cheaper, and often with design improvements making them more durable.