(A) planned technology insertions or up-
grades over the service life of the aircraft to meet 
emerging requirements; 
(B) research and development; 
(C) testing; 
(D) procurement; 
(E) production; 
(F) production termination; 
(G) operations; 
(H) training; 
(I) maintenance; 
(J) sustainment; 
(K) military construction; 
(L) personnel; 
(M) cost of replacement due to attrition; 
and 
(N) disposal. 
(4) The cost analysis shall include each of the 
following: 
(A) An assessment of the quality of each 
cost analysis. 
(B) A discussion of each of the following: 
(i) The assumptions used. 
(ii) The benefits to be realized from 
each alternative. 
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(iii) Adverse impacts to be realized 
from each alternative. 
(iv) Cargo capacity, operational avail-
ability, departure reliability, and mission 
capability. 
(v) Aircraft basing. 
(vi) Aircrew ratios and associated 
training requirements. 
(vii) Performing AMP and RERP on 
only C-5B and C5C aircraft. 
(C) A summary table that compares and 
contrasts each alternative with respect to each of 
the requirements of this subsection. 
(c) CONFORMING REPEAL.—Section 132 of the Na-
tional Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004 (Pub-
lic Law 108-136; 117 Stat. 1411) is repealed. 
SEC. 132. LIMITATION ON JOINT CARGO AIRCRAFT. 
No funds appropriated pursuant to an authorization 
of appropriations or otherwise made available for procure-
ment, or for research, development, test, and evaluation, 
may be obligated or expended for the Joint Cargo Aircraft 
until 30 days after the Secretary of Defense submits to the 
congressional defense committees each of the following: 
(1) The Air Force Air Mobility Command’s Air-
lift Mobility Roadmap. 
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(2) The Department of Defense Intra-Theater 
Airlift Capabilities Study. 
(3) The Department of Defense Joint Intra-The-
ater Distribution Assessment. 
(4) The Joint Cargo Aircraft Functional Area 
Series Analysis. 
(5) The Joint Cargo Aircraft Analysis of Alter-
natives. 
(6) The Secretary’s certification that— 
(A) there is, within the Department of the 
Army, Department of the Air Force, Army Na-
tional Guard, or Air National Guard, a capa-
bility gap or shortfall with respect to intra-the-
ater airlift; and 
(B) validated requirements exist to fill that 
gap or shortfall through procurement of the Joint 
Cargo Aircraft. 
SEC. 133. CLARIFICATION OF LIMITATION ON RETIREMENT 
OF U-2 AIRCRAFT. 
Section 133(b) of the John Warner National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109- 
364; 120 Stat. 2112) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘After fiscal year 2007’’ and 
inserting ‘‘For each fiscal year after fiscal year 
2007’’; and 
(B) by inserting after ‘‘Secretary of De-
fense’’ the following: ‘‘, in that fiscal year,’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by inserting after ‘‘Department of De-
fense’’ the following: ‘‘in a fiscal year’’; and 
(B) by inserting after ‘‘Congress’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘in that fiscal year’’. 
SEC. 134. REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT TO MAINTAIN RETIRED 
C-130E TACTICAL AIRLIFT AIRCRAFT. 
Section 137(b) of the John Warner National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109- 
364; 120 Stat. 2114) is repealed. 
TITLE II—RESEARCH, DEVELOP-
MENT, TEST, AND EVALUA-
TION 
Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 202. Amount for defense science and technology. 
Subtitle B—Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations 
Sec. 211. Operational test and evaluation of Future Combat Systems network. 
Sec. 212. Limitation on systems development and demonstration of Joint Light 
Tactical Vehicle program. 
Sec. 213. Requirement to obligate funds for development and procurement of a 
competitive propulsion system for the Joint Strike Fighter. 
Sec. 214. Limitation on use of funds for manufacturing science and technology 
program. 
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Subtitle C—Ballistic Missile Defense 
Sec. 221. Oversight of Missile Defense Agency programs by Director of Oper-
ational Test and Evaluation. 
Sec. 222. Fielding of ballistic missile defense capabilities and future roles and 
missions of Missile Defense Agency. 
Sec. 223. Limitation on use of funds for replacing warhead on SM-3 Block IIA 
missile. 
Sec. 224. Two-year extension of Comptroller General assessments of ballistic mis-
sile defense programs. 
Sec. 225. Independent study on deploying missile defense system in Europe. 
Sec. 226. Sense of Congress concerning full support for development and fielding 
of a layered ballistic missile defense. 
Subtitle D—Other Matters 
Sec. 231. Responsibility for human systems integration activities. 
Sec. 232. Expansion of authority for encouragement of technology transfer. 
Sec. 233. Army Venture Capital Fund demonstration. 
Sec. 234. Independent tests for combat helmet pad suspension systems. 
Sec. 235. Report on implementation of Manufacturing Technology Program. 
Sec. 236. Assessment of sufficiency of test and evaluation personnel. 
Sec. 237. Repeal of requirement for separate reports on technology area review 
and assessment summaries. 
Subtitle A—Authorization of 
Appropriations 
SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Funds are hereby authorized to be appropriated for fis-
cal year 2008 for the use of the Department of Defense for 
research, development, test, and evaluation as follows: 
(1) For the Army, $10,082,498,000. 
(2) For the Navy, $17,333,601,000. 
(3) For the Air Force, $25,738,960,000. 
(4) For Defense-wide activities, $20,141,264,000, 
of which $180,264,000 is authorized for the Director 
of Operational Test and Evaluation. 
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SEC. 202. AMOUNT FOR DEFENSE SCIENCE AND TECH-
NOLOGY. 
(a) FISCAL YEAR 2008.—Of the amounts authorized 
to be appropriated by section 201, $11,504,291,000 shall be 
available for the Defense Science and Technology Program, 
including basic research, applied research, and advanced 
technology development projects. 
(b) BASIC RESEARCH, APPLIED RESEARCH, AND AD-
VANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT DEFINED.—For pur-
poses of this section, the term ‘‘basic research, applied re-
search, and advanced technology development’’ means work 
funded in program elements for defense research and devel-
opment under Department of Defense budget activity 1, 2, 
or 3. 
Subtitle B—Program Requirements, 
Restrictions, and Limitations 
SEC. 211. OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION OF FU-
TURE COMBAT SYSTEMS NETWORK. 
(a) OPERATIONAL
TEST
AND
EVALUATION
RE-
QUIRED.—The Secretary of the Army, in cooperation with 
the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation, shall com-
plete an operational test and evaluation (as defined in sec-
tion 139(a)(2)(A) of title 10, United States Code), of the 
FCS network in a realistic environment simulating oper-
ational conditions. The operational test and evaluation 
shall— 
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(1) be conducted and approved by the Director, 
Operational Test and Evaluation; 
(2) be conducted using production representative 
equipment, sensors, and software for the FCS net-
work; 
(3) be conducted in a manner that simulates a 
full Future Combat Systems brigade; 
(4) be conducted, to the maximum extent pos-
sible, using actual communications equipment instead 
of computer simulations; 
(5) be conducted in a realistic operational elec-
tronic warfare environment, including enemy elec-
tronic warfare and network attacks; and 
(6) include, to the maximum extent possible, all 
sensor information feeds the FCS network is designed 
to incorporate. 
(b) FCS NETWORK DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘FCS network’’ includes all sensors, information sys-
tems, computers, and communications systems necessary to 
support Future Combat Systems brigade operations. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after com-
pleting the operational test and evaluation required by sub-
section (a), the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a re-
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port on the outcome of the operational test and evaluation. 
The report shall include, at a minimum— 
(1) an evaluation of the overall operational effec-
tiveness of the FCS network, including— 
(A) an evaluation of the FCS network’s ca-
pability to transmit the volume and classes of 
data required by Future Combat Systems ap-
proved requirements; and 
(B) an evaluation of the FCS network’s per-
formance in a degraded condition due to enemy 
network attack, sophisticated enemy electronic 
warfare, adverse weather conditions, and terrain 
variability; 
(2) an evaluation of the FCS network’s ability to 
improve friendly force knowledge of the location and 
capability of enemy forces and combat systems; and 
(3) an evaluation of the overall operational suit-
ability of the FCS network. 
(d) LIMITATION PENDING SUBMISSION OF REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—No funds appropriated pursu-
ant to an authorization of appropriations or other-
wise made available to the Department of the Army 
for any fiscal year may be obligated for low-rate ini-
tial production or full-rate production of Future 
Combat Systems manned ground vehicles until 60 
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days after the date on which the report is submitted 
under subsection (c). 
(2) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of De-
fense may waive the limitation in paragraph (1) if 
the Secretary determines that such a waiver is crit-
ical for national security. Such a waiver shall not be-
come effective until 14 days after the date on which 
the Secretary submits to the congressional defense 
committees a written notice of the waiver. 
(3) INAPPLICABILITY
TO
THE
NON
LINE
OF 
SIGHT CANNON VEHICLE.—The limitation in para-
graph (1) does not apply to the Non Line of Sight 
Cannon vehicle. 
SEC. 212. LIMITATION ON SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT AND 
DEMONSTRATION OF JOINT LIGHT TACTICAL 
VEHICLE PROGRAM. 
No funds appropriated pursuant to an authorization 
of appropriations or otherwise made available for any fiscal 
year may be obligated or expended for the Joint Light Tac-
tical Vehicle program beyond the Design Readiness Review 
for the acquisition program phase of systems development 
and demonstration until after the certification for the Joint 
Light Tactical Vehicle program is made and submitted as 
required by section 2366a of title 10, United States Code, 
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and a progress report is received for review by the congres-
sional defense committees. 
SEC. 213. REQUIREMENT TO OBLIGATE FUNDS FOR DEVEL-
OPMENT AND PROCUREMENT OF A COMPETI-
TIVE PROPULSION SYSTEM FOR THE JOINT 
STRIKE FIGHTER. 
Of the funds appropriated pursuant to an authoriza-
tion of appropriations or otherwise made available, for fis-
cal year 2008 or any fiscal year thereafter, for research, 
development, test, and evaluation and procurement for the 
Joint Strike Fighter program, the Secretary of Defense shall 
obligate sufficient annual amounts to develop and procure 
a competitive propulsion system for the Joint Strike Fighter 
in order to conduct a competitive propulsion source selec-
tion. 
SEC. 214. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR MANUFAC-
TURING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—No funds available to the Office of 
the Secretary of Defense for any fiscal year may be obli-
gated or expended for a manufacturing science and tech-
nology project unless the Director, Defense Research and 
Engineering, ensures that— 
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(1) the project is awarded using competitive pro-
cedures in accordance with section 2304 of title 10, 
United States Code; 
(2) the project is carried out— 
(A) under the Manufacturing Technology 
Program established by section 2521 of title 10, 
United States Code; and 
(B) in compliance with all requirements of 
any directive that applies to manufacturing 
technology; and 
(3) a technology transition agreement has been 
fully executed between the Director and a prospective 
technology user. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
(1) The term ‘‘technology transition agreement’’ 
means an agreement signed by officials of the Depart-
ment of Defense that includes— 
(A) a description of the prospective tech-
nology user’s relevant technology needs in pri-
ority order; 
(B) a description of the minimum incre-
ment of capability that must be developed in 
order for the prospective technology user to con-
sider implementing the technology; 
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