ARMY HEAVY FORCE MODERNIZATION PROGRAM

SEC. 216. ARMY HEAVY FORCE MODERNIZATION PROGRAM (a) Funding.—Of the amount authorized to be appropriated pursuant to section 201 for the Army for fiscal year 1990, $58,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary of the Army for competitive development of Advanced Technology Transition Demonstrators (ATTDs) for a common chassis for the Heavy Force Modernization program of the Army. 103 STAT. 1396 (b) Limitation on Use of Funding.—No funds may be obligated for such competitive development until— (1) the Milestone I decision to proceed with demonstration and validation for the Heavy Force Modernization program is made by the appropriate official of the Department of Defense (upon consideration of the recommendation of the Defense Acquisition Board for that program) and such decision includes proceeding with development of Advanced Technology Transition Demonstrators for the common chassis for that program; and (2) after such decision, the Secretary of Defense submits to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report described in subsection (c). (c) Repost.—The report referred to in subsection (b)(2) is a report by the Secretary of Defense containing the following: (1) A description of the decisions referred to in subsection (b)(1), including a description of the demonstration and validation program approved. (2) An updated Interagency Intelligence Memorandum providing current estimates (prepared within the 12 months preceding the date of the report) for production, and for operational capabilities, of future tanks of the Soviet Union. (3) Detailed cost estimates and schedules for research, development, test, and evaluation, and for procurement, for all programs expected to use the common chassis to be selected pursuant to the competitive development under subsection (a) and explanations for the order in which those programs are to proceed through research, development, test, and evaluation and procurement. (4) A description of the criteria to be used by the Secretary of Defense in determining whether— (A) to proceed with a new tank program (for replacement of the Ml tank) using the common chassis to he selected pursuant to the competitive development under subsection (a); or (B) to produce an M1A3 tank. (5) The results of the review conducted under subsection (d). (d) Review of Engine Acquisition Plan.—(1) The Secretary of Defense, acting through an appropriate official of the Office of the Secretary of Defense designated by the Secretary, shall conduct a detailed review of the acquisition plan of the Department of the Army for the engine to be acquired for the common chassis to be selected pursuant to the competitive development under subsection (a). (2) The review of such plan shall include a review of— (A) the Transverse Mounted Engine Propulsion System; (B) the Advanced Integrated Propulsion System; and (C) derivatives of commercially developed engine systems. (3) The review should determine— (A) whether the schedule for development of the Advanced Technology Transition Demonstrator for the common chassis is consistent with the availability of engines; and (B) whether such acquisition plan provides for the maximum competition between all alternatives.