U.S. Rep. Brandon Williams, District 22 | Official U.S. House headshot
U.S. Rep. Brandon Williams, District 22 | Official U.S. House headshot
On June 28, 2024, Congressman Brandon Williams (NY-22) announced that $57.5 million in funding to support Rome Labs and its affiliates would be included in the House of Representatives’ version of the Defense Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2025. The bill allocates over $90 million in federal funding for NY-22 to bolster national security.
Rep. Williams collaborated with industry leaders to submit programmatic funding requests to the House Appropriations Committee. The following allocations to Rome Labs affiliates are included in H.R. 8774:
- $5 million increase for UH-60 thermoplastic tail rotor drive systems (RTX)
- $15 million for an Air Force trapped ion quantum information science computer (IONQ)
- $7.5 million for Air Force neutral-atom quantum networking and computing (Atom Computing)
- $5 million for the Air Force REVELATIONS AI/ML Project (Assured Information Security)
- $25 million for Air Force future flag exercises (AFRL)
Additional defense funding allocated to NY-22 includes:
- $3 million for integrating Advanced Air Mobility and Uncrewed Aircraft Systems, including C-UAS efforts, with broader air traffic management, in partnership with AFWERX, to enhance military operations (NuAIR)
- $4.5 million for Electronic Warfare Development for tactical data analysis capabilities in support of cognitive electronic warfare (SRC)
- $3 million increase for Defense-Wide semiconductor supply chain cybersecurity research (Micron)
- $10 million increase for Army Future of Counter UAS (FoCUS) (Hidden Level)
- $4 million increase for Air Force adaptive blue force (Syracuse University)
- $10.9 million for the Navy's silicon carbide flexible bus nodes (Wolfspeed)
The bill also supports the Budget Request for Army Sentinel A4 Radar, which is to be manufactured in Syracuse by Lockheed Martin.
“The passage of the Defense Appropriations Act is a win for our district, and it’s a win for American security. I’m proud that we’ve taken over $90 million in vital funding for NY-22 one step closer to the finish line by passing this bill in the House. My office worked with partners in government and across our district to get to this point, and we will keep working until this funding reaches the President’s desk,” said Congressman Brandon Williams.
Congressman Williams remains committed to partnering with NY-22 industry in service of America’s national security.
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