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“$5,000,000 to Advanced Acoustic Concepts for LCS Mission Package Enterprise”

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Recipient Web Site:  Recipient Address:  (Flag)
425 Oser Avenue
Hauppauge, NY
11788
Recipient address as provided by Sponsor(s): (courtesy of Taxpayers for Common Sense)
1080 Eberly Way Lemont Furnace, PA
Short Description of Recipient Organization: 
From the company's home page: AAC is a technical leader in the fields of advanced sonar systems, training systems and knowledge management systems. AAC proudly leads a multi-community coalition that delivers modernization systems for the U.S. Navy through an open business, open systems technology insertion model. ~ Michael Carnovale, President - AAC
Are Top Personnel Listed on the Site? 
Yes
Is the Project Mentioned on the Site? 
No
Does the Recipient have Federal Contracts? 
Yes
Link to the Recipient's Federal Contracts (Fedspending.org):  Does the Recipient have Federal Grants? 
No
Have employees of the recipient collectively contributed more than $20,000 to candidates for federal office during the current and last election cycle?: 
Yes
Does a sponsoring member take credit? 
No
Did the recipient hire federal lobbyists? 
Yes
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Comments, notes, additional research...

Bill_Allison wrote:

The earmark per se isn't referenced, but there's a press release noting that Rep. Murtha secured them $8.1 million in funding for the LCS mission package here: http://www.aactech.com/article.jsp?id=40

posted October 1, 2007 at 11:51 p.m.



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