105TH CONGRESS REPORT 1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 105±132 "! NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1998 R E P O R T OF THE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON H.R. 1119 together with ADDITIONAL AND DISSENTING VIEWS [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] JUNE 16, 1997.ÐCommitted to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1998 1 105TH CONGRESS REPORT 1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 105±132 "! NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1998 R E P O R T OF THE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON H.R. 1119 together with ADDITIONAL AND DISSENTING VIEWS [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] JUNE 16, 1997.ÐCommitted to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 41±401 WASHINGTON : 1997 HOUSE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY ONE HUNDRED FIFTH CONGRESS FLOYD D. SPENCE, South Carolina, Chairman BOB STUMP, Arizona RONALD V. DELLUMS, California DUNCAN HUNTER, California IKE SKELTON, Missouri JOHN R. KASICH, Ohio NORMAN SISISKY, Virginia HERBERT H. BATEMAN, Virginia JOHN M. SPRATT, JR., South Carolina JAMES V. HANSEN, Utah SOLOMON P. ORTIZ, Texas CURT WELDON, Pennsylvania OWEN PICKETT, Virginia JOEL HEFLEY, Colorado LANE EVANS, Illinois JIM SAXTON, New Jersey GENE TAYLOR, Mississippi STEVE BUYER, Indiana NEIL ABERCROMBIE, Hawaii TILLIE K. FOWLER, Florida MARTIN T. MEEHAN, Massachusetts JOHN M. MCHUGH, New York ROBERT A. UNDERWOOD, Guam JAMES TALENT, Missouri JANE HARMAN, California TERRY EVERETT, Alabama PAUL MCHALE, Pennsylvania ROSCOE G. BARTLETT, Maryland PATRICK J. KENNEDY, Rhode Island HOWARD ``BUCK'' MCKEON, California ROD R. BLAGOJEVICH, Illinois RON LEWIS, Kentucky SILVESTRE REYES, Texas J.C. WATTS, JR., Oklahoma TOM ALLEN, Maine MAC THORNBERRY, Texas VIC SNYDER, Arkansas JOHN N. HOSTETTLER, Indiana JIM TURNER, Texas SAXBY CHAMBLISS, Georgia F. ALLEN BOYD, JR., Florida VAN HILLEARY, Tennessee ADAM SMITH, Washington JOE SCARBOROUGH, Florida LORETTA SANCHEZ, California WALTER B. JONES, JR., North Carolina JAMES H. MALONEY, Connecticut LINDSEY GRAHAM, South Carolina MIKE MCINTYRE, North Carolina SONNY BONO, California CIRO D. RODRIGUEZ, Texas JIM RYUN, Kansas MICHAEL PAPPAS, New Jersey BOB RILEY, Alabama JIM GIBBONS, Nevada ANDREW K. ELLIS, Staff Director (II) C O N T E N T S Page Explanation of the Committee Amendment .......................................................... 1 Purpose ..................................................................................................................... 1 Relationship of Authorization to Appropriations .................................................. 2 Summary of Authorization in the Bill ................................................................... 2 Summary Table of Authorizations ...................................................................... 2 Rationale for the Committee Bill ........................................................................... 10 Readiness .............................................................................................................. 13 Quality of Life ...................................................................................................... 14 Modernization and Innovation ............................................................................ 15 Defense Reform .................................................................................................... 16 Conclusion ............................................................................................................. 17 Hearings ................................................................................................................... 18 DIVISION AÐDEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION .................... 19 TITLE IÐPROCUREMENT ................................................................................... 19 OVERVIEW .......................................................................................................... 19 Aircraft Procurement, Army ............................................................................ 22 Overview ........................................................................................................ 22 Items of Special Interest .............................................................................. 25 Missile Procurement, Army ............................................................................. 27 Overview ........................................................................................................ 27 Items of Special Interest .............................................................................. 30 Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, Army ............................................. 31 Overview ........................................................................................................ 31 Items of Special Interest .............................................................................. 34 Ammunition Procurement, Army .................................................................... 36 Overview ........................................................................................................ 36 Items of Special Interest .............................................................................. 40 Other Procurement, Army ............................................................................... 41 Overview ........................................................................................................ 41 Items of Special Interest .............................................................................. 50 Aircraft Procurement, Navy ............................................................................ 57 Overview ........................................................................................................ 57 Items of Special Interest .............................................................................. 61 Weapons Procurement, Navy ........................................................................... 66 Overview ........................................................................................................ 66 Items of Special Interest .............................................................................. 70 Ammunition Procurement, Navy/Marine Corps ............................................ 71 Overview ........................................................................................................ 71 Items of Special Interest .............................................................................. 74 Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy ................................................................ 74 Overview ........................................................................................................ 74 Items of Special Interest .............................................................................. 77 Other Procurement, Navy ................................................................................ 81 Overview ........................................................................................................ 81 Items of Special Interest .............................................................................. 91 Procurement, Marine Corps ............................................................................. 95 Overview ........................................................................................................ 95 Items of Special Interest .............................................................................. 100 Aircraft Procurement, Air Force ...................................................................... 101 Overview ........................................................................................................ 101 Items of Special Interest .............................................................................. 106 Ammunition Procurement, Air Force .............................................................. 110 Overview ........................................................................................................ 110 Missile Procurement, Air Force ....................................................................... 113 (III) IV Page Overview ........................................................................................................ 113 Items of Special Interest .............................................................................. 116 Other Procurement, Air Force ......................................................................... 117 Overview ........................................................................................................ 117 Items of Special Interest .............................................................................. 123 Procurement, Defense-Wide ............................................................................. 124 Overview ........................................................................................................ 124 Items of Special Interest .............................................................................. 129 National Guard and Reserve Equipment ....................................................... 130 Overview ........................................................................................................ 130 Items of Special Interest .............................................................................