Sec. 1045. Battlefield airborne communications node certification requirement
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The Secretary of the Air Force may take no action that would prevent the Air Force from maintaining or operating the fleets of EQ–4 aircraft in the configurations and capabilities in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, or in improved configurations and capabilities, before the date on which each of the three individual certifications described in subsection
(b)have been submitted to the congressional defense committees. The certifications described in this subsection are the following: The written certification of the Chairman of the Joint Requirements Oversight Council that the replacement capability for the EQ–4 aircraft will— be fielded at the same time or before the divestment of the EQ–4 aircraft; result in equal or greater capability available to the commanders of the combatant commanders; and not result in less airborne capacity or on-station time available to the commanders of the combatant commands. The written certification of the Commander of United States Central Command that the replacement capability for the EQ–4 aircraft will not result in less airborne capacity or on-station time available for mission taskings that the EQ–4 provides, as of the date of the enactment of this Act, in the United States Central Command area of responsibility. The written certification of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment that the validated operating and sustainment costs of the capability developed or fielded to replace an equivalent capacity the EQ–4 aircraft provides is less than the validated operating and sustainment costs for the EQ–4 aircraft on a comparable flight-hour cost basis. For purposes of calculating the flight-hour cost basis under subsection (b)(3), the Under Secretary shall include all costs for— Unit level manpower; Unit operations; maintenance; sustaining support; and system improvements.