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the acquisition costs and life-cycle costs of those ves-
sels. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that— 
(1) the Department of Defense should carefully 
evaluate the maritime force structure necessary to exe-
cute demand for forces by the commanders of the com-
batant commands; 
(2) the Department of the Navy carefully evalu-
ate amphibious lift capabilities to meet current and 
projected requirements; 
(3) the Department of the Navy should consider 
prioritization of investment in and procurement of 
the next generation of amphibious assault ships, as a 
component of the balanced battle force; 
(4) the next generation amphibious assault ships 
should maintain survivability protection; 
(5) operation and maintenance requirements 
analysis, as well as the potential to leverage a com-
mon hull form design, should be considered to reduce 
total ownership cost and acquisition cost; and 
(6) maintaining a robust amphibious ship build-
ing industrial base is vital for the future of the na-
tional security of the United States. 
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SEC. 131. SENSE OF SENATE ON DEPARTMENT OF NAVY FIS-
CAL YEAR 2014 BUDGET REQUEST FOR TAC-
TICAL AVIATION AIRCRAFT. 
It is the sense of Senate that, if the budget request of 
the Department of the Navy for fiscal year 2014 for F–18 
aircraft includes a request for funds for more than 13 new 
F–18 aircraft, the budget request of the Department of the 
Navy for fiscal year 2014 for F–35 aircraft should include 
a request for funds for not fewer than 6 F–35B aircraft 
and 4 F–35C aircraft, presuming that development, testing, 
and production of the F–35 aircraft are proceeding accord-
ing to current plans. 
SEC. 132. SPIDERNET/SPECTRAL WARRIOR HARDWARE. 
(a) ADDITIONAL AMOUNT FOR OTHER PROCUREMENT, 
NAVY.—The amount authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2013 by section 101 is hereby increased by 
$2,000,000, with the amount of the increase to be available 
for amounts authorized to be appropriated by that section 
and available for other procurement, Navy, Satellite Com-
munications, line 085, Satellite Communications Systems, 
as specified in the funding table in section 4101. 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNT.—To the extent pro-
vided in appropriations Acts, the amount authorized and 
made available by subsection (a) may be obligated and ex-
pended for a new program to procure SPIDERNet/Spectral 
Warrior Hardware and installation in order to provide a 
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cloud network for Spectral Warrior terminals in support 
of requirements of the commanders of the combatant com-
mands. 
Subtitle D—Air Force Programs 
SEC. 141. REDUCTION IN NUMBER OF AIRCRAFT REQUIRED 
TO BE MAINTAINED IN STRATEGIC AIRLIFT 
AIRCRAFT INVENTORY. 
(a) REDUCTION IN INVENTORY REQUIREMENT.—Sec-
tion 8062(g)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Effective October 1, 2011, the’’ 
and inserting ‘‘The’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘301 aircraft’’ and inserting 
‘‘275 aircraft’’. 
(b) MODIFICATION
OF
CERTIFICATION
REQUIRE-
MENT.—Section 137(d)(3)(B) of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (Public Law 111–84; 
123 Stat. 2221) is amended by striking ‘‘316 strategic air-
lift aircraft’’ and inserting ‘‘275 strategic airlift aircraft’’. 
(c) PRESERVATION OF CERTAIN RETIRED C–5 AIR-
CRAFT.—The Secretary of the Air Force shall preserve each 
C–5 aircraft retired by the Secretary after September 30, 
2012, such that the aircraft— 
(1) is stored in flyable condition; 
(2) can be returned to service; and 
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(3) is not used to supply parts to other aircraft 
unless specifically authorized by the Secretary of De-
fense upon a request by the Secretary of the Air 
Force. 
SEC. 142. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN PROGRAMS FOR THE F– 
22A RAPTOR AIRCRAFT AS MAJOR DEFENSE 
ACQUISITION PROGRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense shall treat 
the programs referred to in subsection (b) for the F–22A 
Raptor aircraft as a major defense acquisition program for 
which Selected Acquisition Reports shall be submitted to 
Congress in accordance with the requirements of section 
2432 of title 10, United States Code. 
(b) COVERED PROGRAMS.—The programs referred to 
in this subsection for the F–22A Raptor aircraft are the 
following: 
(1) Any modernization program through Incre-
ment 3.2A. 
(2) The Reliability and Maintainability Matura-
tion Program (RAMMP) and the Structural Repair 
Program (SRP II). 
(3) The modernization Increment 3.2B and any 
future F–22A Raptor aircraft modernization program 
that would otherwise, if a standalone program, qual-
ify for treatment as a major defense acquisition pro-
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gram for purposes of chapter 144 of title 10, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 143. AVIONICS SYSTEMS FOR C–130 AIRCRAFT. 
(a) LIMITATIONS.— 
(1) AVIONICS
MODERNIZATION
PROGRAM.—The 
Secretary of the Air Force shall take no action to can-
cel or modify the Avionics Modernization Program 
(AMP) for the C–130 aircraft until 30 days after the 
date of the submittal to the congressional defense com-
mittees of the report required by subsection (b). 
(2) CNS/ATM PROGRAM.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall take 
no action described in subparagraph (B) until 
30 days after the date of the submittal to the 
congressional defense committees of the report re-
quired by subsection (b). 
(B) COVERED
ACTIONS.—An action de-
scribed in this subparagraph is an action to 
begin an alternative communication, navigation, 
surveillance, and air traffic management (CNS/ 
ATM) program for the C–130 aircraft that is de-
signed or intended— 
(i) to meet international communica-
tion, navigation, surveillance, and air traf-
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fic management standards for the fleet of C– 
130 aircraft; or 
(ii) to replace the current Avionics 
Modernization Program for the C–130 air-
craft. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees report on the 
results of a study to be conducted by the Office of Cost As-
sessment and Program Evaluation of the Department of De-
fense on the following: 
(1) The costs and schedule to complete the cur-
rent program of record for the Avionics Moderniza-
tion Program for the C–130 aircraft, as anticipated 
at the time of the last certification on that program 
under section 2433a of title 10, United States Code. 
(2) The total cost and schedule, from start to 
completion, of any proposed alternative communica-
tion, navigation, surveillance, and air traffic manage-
ment program for the C–130 aircraft. 
(3) The projected manpower savings to be de-
rived from the current program of record for the Avi-
onics Modernization Program for the C–130 aircraft 
in comparison with the projected manpower savings 
to be derived from any proposed alternative commu-
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nication, navigation, surveillance, and air traffic 
management program for the C–130 aircraft. 
SEC. 144. PROCUREMENT OF SPACE-BASED INFRARED SYS-
TEM SATELLITES. 
(a) CONTRACT AUTHORITY.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Air 
Force may procure two space-based infrared system 
satellites by entering into a fixed-price contract for 
such procurement. 
(2) COST REDUCTION.—The Secretary may in-
clude in a contract entered into under paragraph (1) 
the following: 
(A) The procurement of material and equip-
ment in economic order quantities if the procure-
ment of such material and equipment in such 
quantities will result in cost savings. 
(B) Cost reduction initiatives. 
(3) USE OF INCREMENTAL FUNDING.—The Sec-
retary may use incremental funding for a contract 
entered into under paragraph (1) for a period not to 
exceed six fiscal years. 
(4) LIABILITY.—A contract entered into under 
paragraph (1) shall provide that— 
(A) any obligation of the United States to 
make a payment under the contract is subject to 
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the availability of appropriations for that pur-
pose; and 
(B) the total liability of the Federal Govern-
ment for the termination of the contract shall be 
limited to the total amount of funding obligated 
at the time of the termination of the contract. 
(b) LIMITATION OF COSTS.— 
(1) LIMITATION.—Except as provided in sub-
section (c), and excluding amounts described in para-
graph (2), the total amount obligated or expended for 
the procurement of two space-based infrared system 
satellites authorized by subsection (a) may not exceed 
$3,900,000,000. 
(2) EXCLUSION.—The amounts described in this 
paragraph are amounts associated with the following: 
(A) Plans. 
(B) Technical data packages. 
(C) Post-delivery and program-related sup-
port costs. 
(D) Technical support for obsolescence stud-
ies. 
(c) ADJUSTMENT TO LIMITATION AMOUNT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may increase 
the limitation set forth in subsection (b)(1) by the 
amount of an increase described in paragraph (2) if 
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the Secretary submits to the congressional defense 
committees written notification of the increase made 
to that limitation. 
(2) INCREASE
DESCRIBED.—An increase de-
scribed in this paragraph is one of the following: 
(A) An increase in costs that is attributable 
to economic inflation after September 30, 2012. 
(B) An increase in costs that is attributable 
to compliance with changes in Federal, State, or 
local laws enacted after September 30, 2012. 
(C) An increase in the cost of a space-based 
infrared system satellite that is attributable to 
the insertion of a new technology into the sat-
ellite that was not built into such satellites pro-
cured before fiscal year 2013, if the Secretary de-
termines, and certifies to the congressional de-
fense committees, that insertion of the new tech-
nology into the satellite is— 
(i) expected to decrease the life-cycle 
cost of the satellite; or 
(ii) required to meet an emerging 
threat that poses grave harm to the national 
security of the United States. 
(d) REPORTS.— 
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(1) REPORT ON CONTRACTS.—Not later than 30 
days after the date on which the Secretary enters into 
a contract under subsection (a), the Secretary shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees a re-
port on the contract that includes the following: 
(A) The total cost savings resulting from the 
authority provided by subsection (a). 
(B) The type and duration of the contract. 
(C) The total value of the contract. 
(D) The funding profile under the contract 
by year. 
(E) The terms of the contract regarding the 
treatment of changes by the Federal Government 
to the requirements of the contract, including 
how any such changes may affect the success of 
the contract. 
(2) PLAN FOR USING COST SAVINGS.—Not later 
than 90 days after the date on which the Secretary 
enters into a contract under subsection (a), the Sec-
retary shall submit to the congressional defense com-
mittees a plan for using the cost savings described in 
paragraph (1)(A) to improve the capability of mili-
tary infrared and early warning satellites that in-
cludes a description of the following: 
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(A) The available funds, by year, resulting 
from such cost savings. 
(B) The specific activities or subprograms 
to be funded using such cost savings and the 
funds, by year, allocated to each such activity or 
subprogram. 
(C) The objectives for each such activity or 
subprogram. 
(D) The criteria used by the Secretary to 
determine which such activities or subprograms 
to fund. 
(E) The method by which the Secretary will 
determine which such activities or subprograms 
to fund, including whether that determination 
will be on a competitive basis. 
(F) The plan for encouraging participation 
in such activities and subprograms by small 
businesses. 
(G) The process for determining how and 
when such activities and subprograms would 
transition to an existing program or be estab-
lished as a new program of record. 
(e) USE OF FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR SPACE VEHICLE 
NUMBER 5 FOR SPACE VEHICLE NUMBER 6.—The Sec-
retary may obligate and expend amounts authorized to be 
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appropriated for fiscal year 2013 by section 101 for pro-
curement for the Air Force as specified in the funding table 
in section 4101 and available for the advanced procurement 
of long-lead parts and the replacement of obsolete parts for 
space-based infrared system satellite space vehicle number 
5 for the advanced procurement of long-lead parts and the 
replacement of obsolete parts for space-based infrared sys-
tem space vehicle number 6. 
(f) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that the Secretary should not enter into a fixed-price con-
tract under subsection (a) for the procurement of two space- 
based infrared system satellites unless the Secretary deter-
mines that entering into such a contract will save the Air 
Force not less than 20 percent over the cost of procuring 
two such satellites separately. 
SEC. 145. TRANSFER OF CERTAIN FISCAL YEAR 2011 AND 
2012 FUNDS FOR AIRCRAFT PROCUREMENT 
FOR THE AIR FORCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—To the extent provided in appro-
priations Acts, the Secretary of the Air Force may transfer 
from fiscal year 2011 and 2012 Aircraft Procurement, Air 
Force funds, an aggregate of $920,748,000 to other, higher 
priority programs of the Air Force. 
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