OVER-THE-HORIZON BACKSCATTER RADAR

SEC. 164. OVER-THE-HORIZON BACKSCATTER RADAR (a) Requirements.—None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the Air Force for fiscal year 1990 may be obligated for acquisition of land for the Central System of the Over-the-Horizon Backscatter (OTHB) radar program. (b) Alaskan System.—(1) With respect to acquisition of that portion of the OTHB radar program known as the Alaskan System, the Secretary of the Air Force— (A) shall enter into a type of contract known as a “fixed-price incentive (firm target) contract” or a “fixed-price incentive (successive target) contract” (or a similar type of contract that encourages maximum cost reduction) for the first sector of the system with funds appropriated for fiscal years 1989 and 1990; and (B) shall include in that contract a priced option for the second sector of such system. 103 STAT. 1390 (2) The total value of the ceiling price of that contract for the first and second sectors of that system may not exceed $530,000,000. (3) The contract entered into pursuant to paragraph (1) shall provide for all of the prime-mission equipment, software, construction, site activation activities, and required system capabilities for that system. (c) Report by the Secretary of Defense.—No funds may be obligated for the Alaskan System referred to in subsection (b) until the Secretary of Defense submits to the congressional defense committees a report on the results of development test and evaluation of the East Coast System, including the results of integrated three-sector tests. (d) Report by Director of OT&E.—The Director of Operational Test and Evaluation of the Department of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report certifying whether the test results of the integrated initial operational evaluation conducted with the three East Coast System sectors of the OTHB radar system demonstrate that the East Coast System sectors meet all contract requirements and performance specifications relevant to operational test and evaluation, including any specifications for the system relating to small target detection capability. The report shall be submitted not later than September 1, 1990.