[H.N.S.C. No. 105-12]

HEARINGS

ON

NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT
FOR FISCAL YEAR 1998-H.R. 1119

AND

OVERSIGHT OF PREVIOUSLY AUTHORIZED
PROGRAMS

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
ONE HUNDRED FIFTH CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION

MILITARY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
SUBCOMMITTEE

MEETING JOINTLY WITH

MILITARY PROCUREMENT SUBCOMMITTEE

ON

TITLE I-PROCUREMENT

TITLE II-RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT,
TEST, AND EVALUATION

HEARINGS HELD

FEBRUARY 26, MARCH 5, MARCH 11, MARCH 19, MARCH 20, APRIL
9, AND MAY 15, 1997

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CONTENTS

CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF HEARINGS

1997

Page

HEARINGS:

Wednesday, February 26, 1997, Navy Shipbuilding Overview

Wednesday, March 5, 1997, Department of Defense Tactical Aircraft Mod-

ernization Programs

1

171

Tuesday, March 11, 1997, Army Modernization

369

Wednesday, March 19, 1997, United States-Russian Accommodation on

Missile Defense and Department of Defense Ballistic Missile Defense

International Cooperative Programs

507

Thursday, March 20, 1997, Information Superiority for the 21st Century

Battlefield

595

Wednesday, April 9, 1997, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Programs

Thursday, May 15, 1997, The National Missile Defense Program

827

1085

Hunter, Hon. Duncan, a Representative from California, Chairman, Military

Procurement Subcommittee

1

Pickett, Hon. Owen, a Representative from Virginia, Ranking Member, Mili-

tary Research and Development Subcommittee

7

Skelton, Hon. Ike, a Representative from Missouri, Ranking Member, Military

Procurement Subcommittee

6

Weldon, Hon. Curt, a Representative from Pennsylvania, Chairman, Military

Research and Development Subcommittee

WITNESSES

Bowler, R.T.E. III, President, American Shipbuilding Association

Douglass, John W., Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Develop-

ment, and Acquisition; accompanied by Vice Adm. Donald L. Pilling, Deputy

Chief of Naval Operations, Resources, Warfare Requirements, and Assess-

ments, and Lt. Gen. Jeffrey W. Oster, Deputy Chief of Staff, Programs

and Resources, United States Marine Corps

O'Rourke, Ronald, Specialist in National Defense, Congressional Research

Service, Library of Congress