Military construction projects in South Dakota totaling nearly $27 million are included in the 2010 defense authorization bill approved by the Senate Armed Services Committee this week, according to a news release from Sen. John Thune, R-S.D.
$2.5 million to expand technologies used to repair aging and battle damaged weapon systems. This project funds H.F. Webster, Inc. of Rapid City to expand techniques proven during the 2008 Aging Weapon Systems Repair Qualification Program. Results to date indicate repair cost savings of nearly 33 to 1 return on investment, according to the Thune release.
The defense bill also included money for upgrading B-1B bombers and to continue development of a next generation bomber (see related story).
The defense bill is expected to be considered by the full Senate in the coming weeks.

For the full story visit the Rapid City Journal

H.F.Webster made the first round of appropriations from Stephanie Herseth Sandlin. $1M for Preventative Maintenance using Kinetic Particle Deposition Technology, and $1.5M for Aging and Battle Damaged Weapon Systems Repair.

The Repair, Refurbish, and Return to Service Applied Research Center, or R3S, will develop, certify and implement innovative methods to refurbish and return to service vital military equipment, according to a news release from the school. The center will be utilizing technologies developed at the School of Mines’ Advanced Materials Processing Laboratory, including friction stir (welding without melting), cold spray (accelerating particles to supersonic speed) and laser additive manufacturing (particles injected in laser beams for free-form fabrication), and also developing and certifying new processes and technologies. For the entire article in the Rapid City Journal…. H.F.Webster makes state news

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