Testimony of Albert J. Simone President, Rochester of Institute of Technology, to the subcommittee on defense committee on appropriations United States House of Representatives

Abstract

Mr. Chairman and members of the Subcommittee, on behalf of the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York, I would like to first take this opportunity to thank you for the support that the Subcommittee has provided to RIT in the past three years. The Defense Appropriations bill has funded our remanufacturing research program with the Office of Naval Research (ONR) with appropriations of $2,000,000, $1,000,000 and $2,000,000 in fiscal years 1997-1998, 1998-1999 and 1999-2000 respectively. These funds have enabled us to work with ONR on a feasibility study and engineering analysis of the SES 200B (Surface Effect Ship) to take advantage of the new SLICE hullform. This is a project that we believe will lead to significant strides in developing better approaches to the remanufacture of weapons and other systems.