Request additional Defense Department funding for Sensor Research and Development in next year's federal budget to further develop its sensor program.

Susan M. Collins · Maine · Republican

spending impact 0.52 specificity 0.91 extraction confidence 94%

Occurrences

In next year's federal budget, I've requested that this company receive additional funding from the Defense Department to assist in the further development of its sensor program.

Collins says she will seek additional Defense Department funding next year for a Maine company’s sensor program.

PROTECTING THE HOMELAND AND HELPING SMAL... | U.S. Senator Susan Collins
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Evidence

“In next year's federal budget, I've requested that this company receive additional funding from the Defense Department to assist in the further development of its sensor program.”

This is the campaign-era promise itself: Collins publicly said she had requested additional Defense Department funding in the next federal budget for Sensor Research and Development.

unresolved same_term A for effort

PROTECTING THE HOMELAND AND HELPING SMAL... | U.S. Senator Susan Collins
primary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 98%

“Sensor Research Development Corporation: The bill will include a $25 million competitive fund that SRD can compete for funds to be used for chemical and biological programs.”

By the FY2003 defense appropriations stage, the bill included funding opportunities for SRD, indicating Collins's request advanced into the appropriations process, though the snippet does not by itself prove the exact amount was ultimately awarded to SRD.

partial same_term A for effort

Senate Approves Funds for Several Maine-Related Defense Programs in FY2003 Defense Appropriations | U.S. Senator Susan Collins
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“Sensor Research and Development/Orono Diagnostic Tool for Biowarfare Disease $2,000,000 ...”

This later official release states that final defense spending legislation contained a $2 million SRD project, showing the requested support was ultimately included in enacted defense funding.

delivered same_term A for effort

Collins Secures Funding for Key Defense Projects in Final Version of Defense Spending Bill | U.S. Senator Susan Collins
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Assessments

delivered same_term A for effort

Collins promised to request additional Defense Department funding for Sensor Research and Development in the next federal budget. The evidence shows she made the request and that final defense spending legislation included a specific $2,000,000 Sensor Research and Development project, which matches the promised outcome of securing additional Defense Department support for the sensor program. Because this occurred in the campaign/federal appropriations context tied to the 2002 cycle and the credited action was Collins's own request and secured funding, it counts as fulfilled in the same Senate term context rather than as an unrelated later completion.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 91%