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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 · Sec. 239

Sec. 239. STUDY ON HELICOPTER CRASH PREVENTION AND MITIGATION TECHNOLOGY

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## SEC. 239 STUDY ON HELICOPTER CRASH PREVENTION AND MITIGATION TECHNOLOGY ###
(a)Study Required 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. ###
(b)Elements The study required under subsection
(a)shall include the following: ####
(1)Identification of technologies with the potential— #####
(A)to prevent helicopter crashes (such as collision avoidance technologies and battle space and terrain situational awareness technologies); and #####
(B)to improve survivability among individuals involved in such crashes (such as adaptive flight control technologies and improved energy absorbing technologies). ####
(2)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. ####
(3)A list that ranks the technologies identified under paragraph
(1)based on— #####
(A)the results of the cost-benefit analysis under paragraph (2); and #####
(B)the readiness level of each technology. ####
(4)An analysis of helicopter crashes that— #####
(A)compares the casualty rates of cockpit occupants to the casualty rates of occupants of cargo compartments and troop seats; and #####
(B)identifies the root causes of the casualties described in subparagraph (A). ###
(c)Briefing 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 the House of Representatives (and the other congressional defense committees on request) a briefing that includes— ####
(1)the results of the study required under subsection (a); and ####
(2)the list described in subsection (b)(3).
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