TREATMENT OF CERTAIN PROGRAMS FOR THE F–22A RAPTOR AIRCRAFT AS MAJOR DEFENSE ACQUISITION PROGRAMS.

SEC. 144. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN PROGRAMS FOR THE F–22A RAPTOR AIRCRAFT AS MAJOR DEFENSE ACQUISITION PROGRAMS.(a) In General.—The Secretary of Defense shall treat the programs referred to in subsection (b) for the F–22A Raptor aircraft as a major defense acquisition program for which Selected Acquisition Reports shall be submitted to Congress in accordance with the requirements of section 2432 of title 10, United States Code.(b) Covered Programs.—The programs referred to in this subsection for the F–22A Raptor aircraft are the modernization Increment 3.2B and any future F–22A Raptor aircraft modernization program that would otherwise, if a standalone program, qualify for treatment as a major defense acquisition program for purposes of chapter 144 of title 10, United States Code.(c) Other Reports.—Not later than March 1 of each year, the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the costs, schedules, and performances of the reliability and maintainability maturation program and the structural repair program of the F–22A Raptor modernization program, including a comparison of such costs, schedules, and performances to an appropriate baseline.