DEFENSIVE AVIONICS TEST AND EVALUATION PROGRAM

SEC. 242. DEFENSIVE AVIONICS TEST AND EVALUATION PROGRAM (a) Requirement for Program.—(1) During fiscal years 1988 and 1989, the Secretary of Defense shall develop and conduct a comprehensive program for the systematic testing of the defensive avionics system of the B-1B aircraft. (2) Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a detailed plan for such testing during fiscal years 1988 and 1989. Such plan shall include— (A) the planned test schedule for each of the various components of the defensive avionics system, tested singly and in combination with other components of the defensive and offensive avionics systems; (B) the objectives of each of the planned tests and the criteria that will be used to determine whether each such test is successful, partially-successful, or unsuccessful; and (C) how those scheduled tests can be used to estimate the capability of the B-1B to penetrate Soviet air defenses, including both single and multiple threats. (b) Limitation on Obligation of Funds.—If the report required under subsection (a)(2) is not submitted to the congressional defense committees by the deadline stated in that subsection for the submission of such report, then none of the funds referred to in section 241 may be expended for the B-1B bomber program until the report is received by those committees. (c) Bimonthly Status Reports.— Beginning on February 1, 1988, and every two months thereafter until October 1, 1989, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on whether the tests scheduled during the period since the preceding report were carried out when and as planned, and whether each of those tests was successful, partially successful, or unsuccessful. Each such report shall address the capability of the B-1B aircraft to meet— (1) performance objectives; (2) technical and fiscal objectives; and (3) significant milestones. (d) Congressional Defense Committees Defined.—For purposes of this section, the term “congressional defense committees” means the Committees on Armed Services and Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives.