Sec. 236. Study on helicopter crash prevention and mitigation technology
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The Secretary of Defense shall seek to enter into a contract with a federally funded research and development center to conduct a study on technologies with the potential to prevent and mitigate helicopter crashes. The study required under subsection
(a)shall include the following: Identification of technologies with the potential— to prevent helicopter crashes (such as collision avoidance technologies and battle space and terrain situational awareness technologies); and to improve survivability among individuals involved in such crashes (such as adaptive flight control technologies and improved energy absorbing technologies). A cost-benefit analysis of each technology identified under paragraph
(1)that takes into account the cost of developing and deploying the technology compared to the potential of the technology to prevent casualties or injuries. A list that ranks the technologies identified under paragraph
(1)based on— the results of the cost-benefit analysis under paragraph (2); and the readiness level of each technology. An analysis of helicopter crashes that— compares the casualty rates of cockpit occupants to the casualty rates of occupants of cargo compartments and troop seats; and identifies the root causes of the casualties described in subparagraph (A). Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives (and other congressional defense committees on request) a briefing that includes— the results of the study required under subsection (a); and the list described in subsection (b)(3).