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 100 STAT. 3832

PUBLIC LAW 99-661—NOV. 14, 1986

(F) the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation of the Department of Defense has approved a test and evaluation master plan for the Rolling Airframe Missile program; and Federal Republic (G) the contractor for the production contract for the program of Germany. has agreed to provide to the United States, at no additional cost to the United States or to the Federal Republic of Germany, a complete data package containing no manufacturing or proprietary data rights of the contractor in conjunction with a license to the United States under which rights are granted to enable a 9* second source contractor designated by the United States to manufacture and sell to the United States or the Federal Republic of Germany on a royalty-free basis, and to enable the United States and the Federal Republic of Germany to use, on a royalty-free basis, the Ex-44 Guided Missile Round Pack consisting of guidance and control section, tail assembly, and canister. Effective date. (2) If the Secretary of Defense fails to make the certification described in paragraph (1) before April 1, 1987, the Secretary shall terminate the program effective on that date. (b) REPEAL.—Subsection (d) of section 205 of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1986 (Public Law 99-145; 99 Stat. 608), is repealed. . ^ PART D — A I R FORCE PROGRAM LIMITATIONS SEC. 141. ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY BOMBER Reports.

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(a) ACQUISITION STRATEGY.—(1) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report describing the acquisition strategy of the Secretary for the Advanced Technology Bomber program. (2) Except as provided in subsection (b), the acquisition strategy described in the report shall include an analysis of alternatives for limiting program costs during production, including the following: (A) Alternative sources for major systems of the Advanced Technology Bomber. (B) Alternative sources for major subsystems of the bomber. (C) Competition during the integration and assembly of the ' ' bomber. (D) A limitation on the total program cost for 132 Advanced Technology Bomber aircraft. (8) The report under paragraph (1) shall include the recommendations of the Secretary with respect to the choice and timing of such alternatives. (4) The report under paragraph (1) shall be submitted not later than the date on which the President submits the budget to Congress for fiscal year 1988. (b) EXCEPTION FOR COMPETITIVE ALTERNATIVE SOURCE REQUIRE-

MENT.—(1) The Secretary of Defense need not recommend the implementation of any of the alternatives if the Secretary determines that the application of those alternatives to control program costs would— (A) increase the total cost of the program; (B) result in unacceptable delays in fulfilling the needs of the Department of Defense; or (C) be adverse to the national security interests of the United States.


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