ANNUAL REPORT ON NAVY AIRCRAFT REQUIREMENTS

SEC. 153. ANNUAL REPORT ON NAVY AIRCRAFT REQUIREMENTS (a) Annual Report Requirement.—(1) Chapter 635 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: “§ 7345. Navy aircraft requirements: annual report “(a) Not later than September 1 of each year, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services and the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives a report addressing the current and projected aircraft requirements of the Navy and the plans of the Navy for aircraft acquisition and modernization. “(b) Each such report shall cover at least the next 10 years and shall specify the following: “(1) The number of aircraft, by type, required to fully equip the current and projected force structure of the Navy and the Marine Corps. “(2) The current and projected inventory of each type of aircraft. “(3) The current average age of (A) all Navy and Marine Corps aircraft, (B) all Navy and Marine Corps combat aircraft, and (C) all carrier-based combat aircraft. “(4) A list of planned and programmed aircraft acquisition programs and major aircraft modernization programs, specifying (A) the approximate numbers of aircraft involved in each program, (B) the estimated fiscal year in which each program will begin and end, and (C) the estimated total cost for each program.”. (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item: “7345. Navy aircraft requirements: annual report.”. (b) Initial Report.—Not later than February 1, 1990, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report containing the information specified in section 7345 of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a).