MC–130H (COMBAT TALON) AIRCRAFT PROGRAM

SEC. 161. MC–130H (COMBAT TALON) AIRCRAFT PROGRAM (a) Required Certification.—Funds appropriated pursuant to this Act may not be obligated for the payment of an award fee and the procurement of contractor-furnished equipment for the MC–130H Combat Talon aircraft until the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation determines (and certifies under subsection (c)) that the results of qualification test and evaluation and of qualification operational test and evaluation demonstrate that such aircraft is capable of performing terrain following/terrain avoidance flight profiles as prescribed in the approved test and evaluation master plan for the Combat Talon II program dated September 1988. (b) Limitation on Production Option for Avionics Integration.—If the certification under subsection (a) is made after April 30, 1990, the Secretary of the Air Force may not incur any costs to the Government when the Secretary executes the production option for avionics integration for the MC–130H program for fiscal year 1990 in excess of the costs that the Secretary would have incurred for such purpose in April 1990. 103 STAT. 1389 (c) Submission of Certification.—A certification under subsection (a) shall be submitted in writing to the congressional defense committees.