B–2 BOMBER PROGRAM FUNDING AND LIMITATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1990

SEC. 111. B–2 BOMBER PROGRAM FUNDING AND LIMITATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1990 (a) Amount Authorized.—Of the amounts appropriated pursuant to section 103(a) for procurement of aircraft for the Air Force for fiscal year 1990— (1) not more than $1,663,974,000 may be obligated for procurement of B–2 aircraft; (2) not more than $424,800,000 may be obligated for advance procurement of B–2 aircraft; and 103 STAT. 1372 (3) not more than $331,600,000 may be obligated for procurement of initial spares for B–2 aircraft. (b) Block 1 Flight Testing.—Funds appropriated for fiscal year 1990 for procurement of aircraft for the Air Force may not be obligated for the procurement of new production B–2 aircraft until— (1) the planned Block 1 program of flight testing of the B–2 aircraft (consisting of approximately 75 flight test hours and 15 flights) is completed; (2) the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation of the Department of Defense— (A) reviews the Block 1 flight test data; (B) evaluates the performance of the B–2 aircraft during such flight testing with respect to issues considered to be “Critical Operational Issues”; and (C) submits to the Secretary of Defense a report containing (i) the results of such review and such evaluation (including the Director’s findings and conclusions concerning such test data), and (ii) an assessment known as an “Early Operational Assessment”; and (3) the Secretary of Defense certifies to the congressional defense committees that no major aerodynamic problem or flightworthiness problem has been identified during the Block 1 flight testing of the B–2 aircraft. (c) Block 2 Flight Testing.—(1) Funds appropriated for fiscal year 1990 for procurement of aircraft for the Air Force may not be obligated for the procurement of B–2 aircraft until Block 2 flight testing (including testing of low-observables and flying qualities and performance testing in accordance with the Test and Evaluation Master Plan approved for the B–2 program) begins. (2) Of the amounts made available for fiscal year 1990 for the procurement of B–2 aircraft, not more than 15 percent may be expended until— (A) the panel of the Defense Science Board known as the Low-Observables Panel conducts an independent review of the test data resulting from early Block 2 flight testing and submits to the Secretary of Defense a report on the results of that review, together with the Panel’s findings and conclusions, and a period of seven days elapses after the Secretary receives such report; and (B) the Secretary of Defense, after receiving such report, certifies to the congressional defense committees that— (i) the results of early Block 2 flight testing of that aircraft (including testing of low-observables and flying qualities and performance) are satisfactory; and (ii) no significant technical or operational problems have been identified during early Block 2 flight testing. (3) Not later than seven days after the date on which the Secretary receives the report under paragraph (2)(A), the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation shall submit to the Secretary the Director’s evaluation of the results of the Block 2 flight testing to that date. (d) Application of Limitations and Requirements.—The limitations in subsections (b) and (c) apply only to the two new production B–2 aircraft for which funds are provided for fiscal year 1990.