Larsen Makes Earmark Requests Public - Electronic Warfare projects included

To provide constituents with more information about his efforts to secure federal funding for 2nd District priorities, Congressman Rick Larsen (WA-02) has made public the list of earmarks he has requested for Fiscal Year 2009...

The following are some of those earmarks:

$4,500,000 for Electronic Warfare Associates to supplement joint electronic warfare training efforts at NAS Whidbey for service members across all the Armed Services;

$7,374,000 for Agilent Technologies to develop technology to help protect our troops in the field in Iraq and Afghanistan;

$6,200,000 for Alliant Techsystems, Inc. to upgrade the Navy’s electronic warfare capabilities which will help the Prowler and future Growler communities at NAS Whidbey.

See the full list at: http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/wa02_larsen/PR_040408_Earmark_Transparency.shtml