JOINT ADVANCED STRIKE TECHNOLOGY (JAST) PROGRAM.

SEC. 213. JOINT ADVANCED STRIKE TECHNOLOGY (JAST) PROGRAM. (a) Allocation of Funds.— Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated pursuant to the authorizations in section 201, $200,156,000 shall be available for the Joint Advanced Strike Technology (JAST) program. Of that amount— (1) $83,795,000 shall be available for program element 63800N in the budget of the Department of Defense for fiscal year 1996; (2) $85,686,000 shall be available for program element 63800F in such budget; and (3) $30,675,000 shall be available for program element 63800E in such budget. (b) Additional Allocation.— Of the amounts made available under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (a)— (1) $25,000,000 shall be available from the amount authorized to be appropriated pursuant to the authorization in section 201(2) for the conduct, during fiscal year 1996, of a 6-month program definition phase for the A/F117X, an F–117 fighter aircraft modified for use by the Navy as a long-range, medium attack aircraft; and (2) $7,000,000 shall be available to provide for competitive engine concepts. 110 STAT. 220 (c) Limitation.— Not more than 75 percent of the amount appropriated for the Joint Advanced Strike Technology program pursuant to the authorizations in section 201 may be obligated until a period of 30 days has expired after the report required by subsection (d) is submitted to the congressional defense committees. (d) Report.— The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report, in unclassified and classified forms, not later than March 1, 1996, that sets forth in detail the following information for the period 1997 through 2005: (1) The total joint requirement, assuming the capability to successfully conduct two nearly simultaneous major regional contingencies, for the following: (A) Numbers of bombers, tactical combat aircraft, and attack helicopters and the characteristics required of those aircraft in terms of capabilities, range, and low-observability. (B) Surface-and air-launched standoff precision guided munitions. (C) Cruise missiles. (D) Ground-based systems, such as the Extended Range-Multiple Launch Rocket System and the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS), for joint warfighting capability. (2) The warning time assumptions for two nearly simultaneous major regional contingencies, and the effects on future tactical attack/fighter aircraft requirements using other warning time assumptions. (3) The requirements that exist for the Joint Advanced Strike Technology program that cannot be met by existing aircraft or by those in development.