Calendar No. 367 105TH CONGRESS REPORT 2d Session SENATE 105±189 "! DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999 REPORT [TO ACCOMPANY S. 2060] ON AUTHORIZING APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999 FOR MILI- TARY ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, TO PRE- SCRIBE PERSONNEL STRENGTHS FOR SUCH FISCAL YEAR FOR THE ARMED FORCES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES TOGETHER WITH ADDITIONAL VIEWS COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES UNITED STATES SENATE MAY 11, 1998.ÐOrdered to be printed DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999 1 Calendar No. 367 105TH CONGRESS REPORT 2d Session SENATE 105±189 "! DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999 REPORT [TO ACCOMPANY S. 2060] ON AUTHORIZING APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999 FOR MILI- TARY ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, TO PRE- SCRIBE PERSONNEL STRENGTHS FOR SUCH FISCAL YEAR FOR THE ARMED FORCES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES TOGETHER WITH ADDITIONAL VIEWS COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES UNITED STATES SENATE MAY 11, 1998.ÐOrdered to be printed U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 48±264 WASHINGTON : 1998 COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES (105th Congress, 2d Session) STROM THURMOND, South Carolina, Chairman JOHN W. WARNER, Virginia CARL LEVIN, Michigan JOHN MCCAIN, Arizona EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts DAN COATS, Indiana JEFF BINGAMAN, New Mexico BOB SMITH, New Hampshire JOHN GLENN, Ohio DIRK KEMPTHORNE, Idaho ROBERT C. BYRD, West Virginia JAMES M. INHOFE, Oklahoma CHARLES S. ROBB, Virginia RICK SANTORUM, Pennsylvania JOSEPH I. LIEBERMAN, Connecticut OLYMPIA J. SNOWE, Maine MAX CLELAND, Georgia PAT ROBERTS, Kansas LES BROWNLEE, Staff Director DAVID S. LYLES, Staff Director for the Minority ii C O N T E N T S Page Purpose of the Bill ................................................................................................... 1 Committee overview and recommendations .......................................................... 2 Explanation of funding summary ........................................................................... 3 Division AÐDepartment of Defense Authorizations ............................................ 13 Title IÐProcurement ............................................................................................... 13 Explanation of tables ....................................................................................... 15 Subtitle AÐAuthorization of Appropriations ................................................. 16 Sec. 107. Chemical Demilitarization Program ....................................... 18 Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) ............................................ 18 Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Project (CSEPP) .... 19 Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) ...................................... 19 Subtitle BÐArmy Programs ............................................................................ 20 Sec. 111. Multiyear procurement authority for Longbow Hellfire mis- sile program ........................................................................................... 41 Sec. 113. Armored system modernization ............................................... 41 Sec. 114. Reactive armor tiles ................................................................. 42 Sec. 116. Extension of authority to carry out Armament Retooling and Manufacturing Support Initiative ................................................. 43 Other Army Programs ...................................................................................... 43 Army Aircraft ............................................................................................ 43 UC±35 ................................................................................................. 43 UH±60 blackhawk .............................................................................. 43 C±12 Flight Maintenance System ..................................................... 43 Longbow .............................................................................................. 44 Army Missile .............................................................................................. 44 Enhanced fiber optic guided missile ................................................. 44 Multiple launch rocket system rocket .............................................. 44 Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles .................................................. 45 Small arms programs ......................................................................... 45 Army Ammunition ..................................................................................... 45 Small arms ammunition .................................................................... 45 M919 25mm ammunition .................................................................. 45 M830A1 tank ammunition ................................................................ 46 Other Army Procurement ......................................................................... 46 High mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle ................................... 46 Family of medium tactical vehicles .................................................. 46 Medium truck extended service program ......................................... 47 Project management support ............................................................ 47 System fielding support ..................................................................... 48 Army data distribution system ......................................................... 48 Single channel ground and airborne radio system family .............. 48 Area common user system modernization program ........................ 48 Night vision equipment ..................................................................... 48 Multiple integrated laser engagement system 2000 ....................... 49 Subtitle CÐNavy Programs ............................................................................ 50 Sec. 121. CVN±77 nuclear aircraft carrier program .............................. 76 Sec. 122. Increased amount to be excluded from cost limitation for Seawolf submarine program ................................................................. 76 Sec. 123. Multiyear procurement authority for the medium tactical vehicle replacement ............................................................................... 77 Other Navy Programs ...................................................................................... 77 Navy Aircraft ............................................................................................. 77 F±14 pods ............................................................................................ 77 AH±1W series ..................................................................................... 77 (III) IV Page Title IÐProcurementÐContinued Other Navy ProgramsÐContinued Navy AircraftÐContinued EP±3 spares ........................................................................................ 77 P±3C antisurface warfare improvement program ........................... 78 Navy Weapons ........................................................................................... 78 Penguin missile program ................................................................... 78 Improved tactical air launched decoy ............................................... 78 Close-in weapon system surface mode upgrade ............................... 79 Surface ship gun mount rotatable pool ............................................ 79 Navy and Marine Corps Ammunition ..................................................... 80 Marine Corps ammunition ................................................................ 80 Navy Shipbuilding and Conversion ......................................................... 80 LHD±8 advance procurement ............................................................ 80 Strategic sealift .................................................................................. 81 Landing craft air cusioned service life extension ............................ 81 Other Navy Procurement .......................................................................... 81 AN/WSN±7 inertial navigation system ............................................ 81 AN/BPS±15H surface search radar .................................................. 81 Submarine acoustic rapid commercial off-the-shelf insertion ........ 82 Integration and test facility command and control initiative ......... 82 Information Technology±21 ............................................................... 82 Submarine connectivity ..................................................................... 83 Joint Engineering Data Management and Information Control System ............................................................................................. 84 Aviation life support .......................................................................... 84 AEGIS support equipment ................................................................ 84 Smart ship equipment ....................................................................... 84 NULKA assembly qualification ......................................................... 85 Marine Corps Procurement ...................................................................... 85 Modification kits for tracked vehicles ............................................... 85 Avenger ............................................................................................... 85 Night vision equipment ..................................................................... 85 Communications