NATIONAL AEROSPACE PLANE PROGRAM.

SEC. 116. NATIONAL AEROSPACE PLANE PROGRAM. (a) National AeroSpace Plane Program.—The Secretary of Defense (hereafter in this section referred to as the “Secretary”) and the Administrator shall jointly pursue on a high priority basis a National AeroSpace Plane program whose objective shall be the development and demonstration, by 1997, of a primarily air breathing single-stage-to-orbit and long range hypersonic cruise research flight vehicle. The program shall be a research program, and to the extent practicable technological information developed shall be transferred to the military and to the domestic civil aviation and other private industries. (b) Management Plan.— (1) The Secretary and the Administrator shall jointly develop a management plan for the program established under subsection (a), which shall include goals, major tasks, anticipated schedules, organizational structure, funding profiles, details of the respective responsibilities of the Secretary and the Administrator, and resource procurement strategies. (2) The management plan developed pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be submitted to the Congress within 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act.