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 106 STAT. 2340 PUBLIC LAW 102-484—OCT. 23, 1992 2 aircraft meeting all of its original radar cross section operational performance objectives contained in the current development contract can survive in the execution of such a mission. - (f) REPORT ON COST OF PROGRAM FOR 20 B-2 AIRCRAFT. — A report of the Secretary of Defense referred to in subsection (d)(l)(C) is a report submitted to the congressional defense committees that describes the total acquisition costs associated with a B-2 program resulting in 20 deployable aircraft, including all costs associated with research, development, test, and evaluation and procurement (including all planned modifications and retrofits, tooling, preplanned product improvements, support equipment, interim contractor support, initial spares, any Government liability associated with termination, and other Government costs). SEC. 162. MODERNIZATION OF HEAVY BOMBER FORCE. (a) PLAN FOR TESTING. —(1) The Secretary of Defense shall prepare a plan to evaluate heavy bombers (other than the B- 2 bomber) in operational test ranges and facilities to demonstrate the effectiveness in conventional scenarios of both missions involving combined force package and missions involving only heavy bombers (other than the B-2 bomber). (2) The £urcraft to be tested under the plan include— (A) B-52H bombers; and (B) B-1 bombers. (3) The plan shall be designed— (A) to provide an assessment of the contribution afforded air operational commanders through the use of heavy bombers (other than the B-2 bomber); (B) to evaluate advanced conventional munitions capabilities; (C) to evaluate the effectiveness of heavy bombers (other than the B-2 bomber) in both missions involving combined force package and missions involving only heavy bombers (other than the B-2 bomber); and (D) to provide a baseline of current capabilities of heavy bombers (otiier than the B-2 bomber). (b) EVALUATION OF SURVIVABILITY AND EFFECTIVENESS TESTING CAPABILITY. —(1) The Secretary of Defense shall conduct an assessment of the current capability of the Department of Defense to carry out survivability flight testing and operational effectiveness flight testing of heavy bombers (other than uie B-2 bomber) against a set of defenses and defended target arrays that are representative of a broad range of potential defenses that those bombers might encounter during conventional conflicts during the next 20 years. (2) The Secretary shall carry out paragraph (1) with the assistance of— (A) the Secretary of the Air Force; (B) the Vice Chairmeui of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (in the Vice Chairman's capacity as chairman of the Joint Require- • ments Oversight Coiuicil); (C) the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation of the Department of Defense; and (D) an independent panel to be established by the Secretary in accordance with the provisions of section 121(e) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (Public Law 101-189; 103 Stat. 1379).

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