REPORT ON COST, SCHEDULE, AND CAPABILITY

SEC. 114. REPORT ON COST, SCHEDULE, AND CAPABILITY (a) Required Report.—The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the cost, schedule, and capability of the B–2 aircraft program. The report shall provide the following: (1) An unclassified integrated program schedule for the B–2 aircraft program that includes— (A) the total cost of the program shown by fiscal year, including costs (shown by fiscal year) for research and development, for procurement (including advance procurement, spares, and modifications), for military construction, for operation and maintenance, and for personnel (with all such costs to be expressed in both base year and then year dollars); and (B) the proposed annual buy rate of B–2 aircraft. (2) A detailed statement of the mission and ¡requirements for the B–2 aircraft, including the current and projected capability (based on threat data as agreed upon within the United States intelligence community) of the B–2 aircraft to conduct missions against strategic relocatable targets and to conduct conventional warfare operations. (3) A detailed assessment of the performance of the B–2 aircraft, together with a comparison of that performance with the performance of existing strategic penetrating bombers of the United States based on threat data as agreed upon within the United States intelligence community. (4) A detailed assessment of the technical risks associated with the B–2 program, particularly those risks associated with the avionics systems and components of the aircraft. (b) Limitation on Funding Until Report Submitted.—Funds appropriated to the Department of Defense for fiscal year 1990 may not be obligated or expended for procurement for new production aircraft under the B–2 bomber program until the report required by subsection (a) is submitted to the congressional defense committees.