Sec. 132. Program requirements for the F–35 aircraft program
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In accordance with section 2430a of title 10, United States Code, the Secretary of Defense shall designate F–35 Block 4 as a major subprogram of the F–35 aircraft program. The Secretary of the Air Force and the Secretary of the Navy shall jointly develop a joint service cost estimate for the life-cycle costs of the F–35 aircraft program. The Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation shall develop an independent cost estimate for the life-cycle costs of the F–35 aircraft program. The cost estimates required under paragraphs
(1)and
(2)shall be submitted to the congressional defense committees not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. The Secretary of Defense shall revise the program elements applicable to the F–35 aircraft program as follows: The program element for research and development costs (as that element was specified in the materials submitted to Congress by the Secretary of Defense in support of the budget of the President for fiscal year 2020 (as submitted to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code)) shall be separated into the following individual program elements: System development and demonstration closeout. F–35 Block 4. Autonomic logistics information system development and upgrades. Dual-capable aircraft. Test infrastructure. Additional program budget elements, as required, for each modernization or upgrade effort initiated after F–35 Block 4. The program element for procurement costs (as that element was specified in the materials submitted to Congress by the Secretary of Defense in support of the budget of the President for fiscal year 2020 (as submitted to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code)) shall be separated into the following individual program elements: Recurring fly-away and ancillary equipment. Non-recurring fly-away and ancillary equipment. F–35 Block 4. Autonomic logistics information system. Dual-capable aircraft. Engineering support. Aircraft retrofit and modification. Depot activation. Initial spares. Production support. The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that each revised program element described in paragraph
(1)is included, with a specific dollar amount, in the materials relating to the F–35 aircraft program submitted to Congress by the Secretary of Defense in support of the budget of the President (as submitted to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code) for fiscal year 2021 and each fiscal year thereafter until the date on which the F–35 aircraft program terminates. Not later than 30 days after the date on which the budget of the President is submitted to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the F–35 aircraft program. Each report under paragraph
(1)shall include, with respect to the F–35 aircraft program, the following: An assessment of the progress of manufacturing processes improvement under the program. The business case analysis of the Department of Defense for F–35 Block 4 follow-on modernization efforts. The progress and results of F–35 Block 4 and other follow-on modernization development and testing efforts. The Department's schedule for delivering software upgrades in six-month, scheduled increments. The progress and results of any other significant hardware development and fielding efforts necessary for F–35 Block 4. Any other issues the Comptroller General determines to be appropriate. In this section, the term F–35 Block 4 means Block 4 capability upgrades for the F–35 aircraft program as described in the Selected Acquisition Report for the program submitted to Congress in March 2019, pursuant to section 2432 of title 10, United States Code.