FUTURE COMBAT SYSTEMS PROGRAM STRATEGY.

SEC. 211. FUTURE COMBAT SYSTEMS PROGRAM STRATEGY.(a) Program Strategy Required.—The Secretary of the Army shall establish and implement a program strategy for the Future Combat Systems acquisition program of the Army. The purpose of the program strategy shall be to provide an effective, affordable, producible, and supportable military capability with a realistic schedule and a robust cost estimate.(b) Elements of Program Strategy.—The program strategy shall—(1) require the release, at the design readiness review, of not less than 90 percent of engineering drawings for the building of prototypes;118 STAT. 1832(2) require, before facilitating production or contracting for items with long lead times, that an acceptable demonstration be carried out of the performance of the information network, including the performance of the Joint Tactical Radio System and the Warfighter Information Network-Tactical; and(3) require, before the initial production decision, that an acceptable demonstration be carried out of the collective capability of each system to meet system-of-systems requirements when integrated with the information network.(c) Required Submissions to Congress.—Before convening the Milestone B update for the Future Combat Systems acquisition program required by the Future Combat Systems acquisition decision memorandum, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics shall submit to Congress each of the following documents:(1) The cost estimate of the Army with respect to the Future Combat Systems program.(2) A report, prepared by an independent panel, on the maturity levels of the critical technologies with respect to the program, including an assessment of those technologies that are likely to require a decision to use an alternative approach.(3) A report, prepared by the chief information officer of the Army, describing—(A) the status of the development and integration of the network and the command, control, computers, communications, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance components; and(B) the progress made toward meeting the requirements for network-centric capabilities as set forth by such officer.(4) A report identifying the key performance parameters with respect to the program, with all objectives and thresholds quantified, together with the supporting analytical rationale.(d) Independent Cost Estimate.—The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics shall submit to Congress not later than March 1, 2005, an independent cost estimate, prepared by the cost analysis improvement group of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, with respect to the Future Combat Systems program.(e) Limitation on Funding.—(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Secretary of the Army may not obligate, from amounts made available for fiscal year 2005, more than $2,200,000,000 for the Future Combat Systems acquisition program.(2) The limitation in paragraph (1) shall not apply after the Secretary of the Army submits to Congress—(A) the Secretary’s certification that the Secretary has established and implemented the program strategy required by subsection (a); and(B) each of the documents specified in subsection (c).