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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 R E P O R T Committee on National Security House of Representatives H.R 105TH CONGRESS REPORT 2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 105±532 " ! NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999 R E P O R T OF THE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON H.R. 3616 together with ADDITIONAL, DISSENTING, AND SUPPLEMENTAL VIEWS [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] MAY 12, 1998.ÐCommitted to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 1 NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999 YEAR FISCAL FOR ACT AUTHORIZATION DEFENSE NATIONAL 1 1 105TH CONGRESS REPORT 2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 105±532 " ! NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999 R E P O R T OF THE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON H.R. 3616 together with ADDITIONAL, DISSENTING, AND SUPPLEMENTAL VIEWS [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] MAY 12, 1998.ÐCommitted to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 48±245 WASHINGTON : 1998 HOUSE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY ONE HUNDRED FIFTH CONGRESS FLOYD D. SPENCE, South Carolina, Chairman BOB STUMP, Arizona IKE SKELTON, Missouri DUNCAN HUNTER, California NORMAN SISISKY, Virginia JOHN R. KASICH, Ohio JOHN M. SPRATT, JR., South Carolina HERBERT H. BATEMAN, Virginia SOLOMON P. ORTIZ, Texas JAMES V. HANSEN, Utah OWEN PICKETT, Virginia CURT WELDON, Pennsylvania LANE EVANS, Illinois JOEL HEFLEY, Colorado GENE TAYLOR, Mississippi JIM SAXTON, New Jersey NEIL ABERCROMBIE, Hawaii STEVE BUYER, Indiana MARTIN T. MEEHAN, Massachusetts TILLIE K. FOWLER, Florida ROBERT A. UNDERWOOD, Guam JOHN M. MCHUGH, New York JANE HARMAN, California JAMES TALENT, Missouri PAUL MCHALE, Pennsylvania TERRY EVERETT, Alabama PATRICK J. KENNEDY, Rhode Island ROSCOE G. BARTLETT, Maryland ROD R. BLAGOJEVICH, Illinois HOWARD ``BUCK'' MCKEON, California SILVESTRE REYES, Texas RON LEWIS, Kentucky TOM ALLEN, Maine J.C. WATTS, JR., Oklahoma VIC SNYDER, Arkansas MAC THORNBERRY, Texas JIM TURNER, Texas JOHN N. HOSTETTLER, Indiana F. ALLEN BOYD, JR., Florida SAXBY CHAMBLISS, Georgia ADAM SMITH, Washington VAN HILLEARY, Tennessee LORETTA SANCHEZ, California JOE SCARBOROUGH, Florida JAMES H. MALONEY, Connecticut WALTER B. JONES, JR., North Carolina MIKE MCINTYRE, North Carolina LINDSEY GRAHAM, South Carolina CIRO D. RODRIGUEZ, Texas JIM RYUN, Kansas CYNTHIA A. MCKINNEY, Georgia MICHAEL PAPPAS, New Jersey (VACANCY) BOB RILEY, Alabama JIM GIBBONS, Nevada BILL REDMOND, New Mexico KAY GRANGER, Texas ANDREW K. ELLIS, Staff Director (II) C O N T E N T S Page Explanation of the Committee Amendments ........................................................ 1 Purpose ..................................................................................................................... 2 Relationship of Authorization to Appropriations .................................................. 2 Summary of Authorization in the Bill ................................................................... 2 Summary Table of Authorizations ...................................................................... 3 Rationale for the Committee Bill ........................................................................... 9 The Strains of Shaping ........................................................................................ 10 Preparing for an Uncertain Future .................................................................... 11 Responding to a Crisis ......................................................................................... 13 Managing Risk ..................................................................................................... 15 Hearings ................................................................................................................... 17 DIVISION AÐDEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION .................... 19 TITLE IÐPROCUREMENT ................................................................................... 19 OVERVIEW .......................................................................................................... 19 Aircraft Procurement, Army ............................................................................ 22 Overview ........................................................................................................ 22 Items of Special Interest .............................................................................. 25 Airborne avionics ....................................................................................... 25 Airborne reconnaissance low (ARL) ......................................................... 25 Aircraft survivability equipment (ASE) ................................................... 25 Army airborne command and control system (A2C2S) .......................... 26 Army helicopter modernization plan ....................................................... 26 C-12 modifications ..................................................................................... 27 CH-47 cargo helicopter modifications ...................................................... 27 Endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) ............................................ 27 Kiowa warrior modifications .................................................................... 28 UH-60L blackhawk ................................................................................... 28 Missile Procurement, Army ............................................................................. 28 Overview ........................................................................................................ 28 Items of Special Interest .............................................................................. 31 Enhanced fiber optic guided missile (EFOGM) ....................................... 31 Javelin ........................................................................................................ 31 Multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) launcher systems .................... 31 Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army ............................................. 31 Overview ........................................................................................................ 31 Items of Special Interest .............................................................................. 34 Bradley base sustainment ........................................................................ 34 Bradley base sustainment/command and control vehicle (C2V) ............ 34 M1 abrams tank modification .................................................................. 34 M-240 series machine gun ........................................................................ 35 M4 carbine ................................................................................................. 35 Ammunition Procurement, Army .................................................................... 35 Overview ........................................................................................................ 35 Items of Special Interest .............................................................................. 39 Ammunition ............................................................................................... 39 Arsenals ..................................................................................................... 39 Non-toxic frangible ammunition .............................................................. 39 Other Procurement, Army ............................................................................... 40 Overview ........................................................................................................ 40 Items of Special Interest .............................................................................. 48 Automated data processing equipment (ADPE) ..................................... 48 Close combat tactical trainer (CCTT) ...................................................... 48 Co-site interference mitigation technology .............................................. 48 (III) IV Page Family of medium tactical vehicles (FMTV) ........................................... 48 Forward entry device (FED) ..................................................................... 49 Ground based common sensor (GBCS) .................................................... 49 High mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle (HMMWV)/HMMWV ex- tended service plan (ESP) ..................................................................... 49 Joint surveillance and target attack radar system (Joint STARS) common ground station (CGS) .............................................................. 50 Joint tactical terminal ............................................................................... 50 Land warrior .............................................................................................. 50 Lightweight maintenance enclosure (LME) ............................................ 51 Night vision devices .................................................................................. 51 Nonsystem training devices ...................................................................... 51 Shortstop .................................................................................................... 52 Small pusher tug ....................................................................................... 52 Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Army ..................................... 52 Overview .......................................................................................................
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