416-L continental U.S. aircraft control and warning system (backup inter OTHER BASE MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT The recommended program includes approximately $437.5 million for the budget activity entitled, "Other Base Maintenance and Support Equipment." This activity provides for the procurement and modification of common test and calibration equipment; ground equipment for support of the intelligence program; personal safety and rescue equipment; organization and base support equipment; and spares and repair parts. Test equipment, approximately $15.7 million. These funds provide for the procurement of many different types of test equipment, such as: calibration program equipment, spectrum analyzers, oscilloscopes, digital data analyzers, electronic counters, and frequency counters. Foreign technology division, approximately $2.2 million.-These funds provide for various types of equipment required by the foreign technology division in the performance of its mission to acquire, evaluate, analyze and report on foreign scientific and technical information and material for the Air Force departmental requirements and in support of Department of Defense programs established by the Defense Intelligence Agency. Air Force technical application center, approximately $3.6 million. These funds provide for the procurement of a wide variety of equipment and items required to support the missions of the Air Force technical applications center. Personal safety and rescue equipment, approximately $14.3 million. These funds provide for the procurement of various types of personal safety and rescue equipment. The following are illustrative of the items included in the planned program for fiscal 1970: one-man life rafts, $600,000; air cargo pallets, $5.7 million; flying helmets, $900,000; flying coveralls, $2.8 million; and antiexposure suits, $1.8 million. Organization and base support equipment, approximately $382.1 million. These funds provide for the procurement of a wide variety of organization and base support equipment, such as photographic equipment, maintenance and repair shop equipment, aircraft handling and launching equipment, pumps and compressors, electrical equipment, automatic data processing equipment, hydrant refueling systems, laundry and dry cleaning equipment, and aerial fuel delivery systems. Spares and repair parts, approximately $8.6 million.-Funds are included in this subactivity for the procurement of spares and repair parts for the support of the various types of equipment procured under this activity. Modifications, approximately $1 million. These funds provide for the modification of various types of base maintenance support equipment to eliminate safety hazards, correct deficiencies, improve maintainability or service life and improve logistic support. First destination transportation, approximately $10 million.— These funds provide for the transportation of equipment procured under this activity from the contractor's plant to the point of use or storage. The committee recommends concurrence in the House allowance of $61,600,000 for this appropriation. The sum recommended represents a reduction of $16 million in the revised budget estimate. The committee's action is based on concurrence in the following House reductions: The recommended appropriation of $61,600,000 plus $24,161,000 estimated to be made available from other sources will provide a total program of $85,761,000. PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES The budget programs and activities included in this appropriation are discussed in the paragraphs below. The sums referred to are intended to reflect the magnitude of the programs of the various organization and activities and are not to be considered as specific recommendations. Secretary of Defense activities, approximately $15,000.-These funds are for the procurement of calculators for use by the various elements of the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, approximately $47,000.— These funds are for the procurement of calculators, Xerox cameras, photostat machines, and reproduction machines. U.S. Armed Forces Institute, approximately $19,000.-The funds are for the procurement of automatic typewriters, magnetic tape cleaner, magnetic tape selective typewriters, and associated equipment. Office of Information of the Armed Forces, approximately $156,000.-These funds are for the procurement of projectors, soundheads, amplifiers, studio control systems, facsimile equipment, stereotape machines, and associated equipment. Defense Communications Agency, approximately $7.3 million.These funds are for the procurement of equipment to be installed and operated within the Headquarters, Defense Communications Agency and its field activities, for contractual engineering support, and automatic data processing equipment for the National Military Command Centers and the National Emergency Mobile Command Posts. The following are illustrative of the types of equipment included in the planned program for fiscal 1970: contractural engineering support, $2.5 million; automatic data processing equipment for Mobile Command Posts, $0.5 million; digital links between National Military Command System links, $1 million; miscellaneous items, $3.1 million; and spares and repair parts, $0.2 million. Defense Supply Agency, approximately $10.4 million.-These funds are for the procurement of the following equipment: automotive vehicles, $0.2 million; mechanical materials handling equipment systems, $0.1 million; automatic data processing equipment, $9.4 million; miscellaneous equipment, $0.7 million. Classified Activities, approximately $67.8 million. These funds provide for the procurement of equipment to support a number of classified activities of the Department of Defense and the Defense Agencies. TITLE V RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION SUMMARY The committee recommends a total appropriation for "Research, development, test, and evaluation" of $7,381,097,000. This is a decrease of $841,303,000 from the revised budget estimate of $8,222,400,000, and an increase of $183,497,000 over the House allowance of $7,197,600,000. RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENTS, TEST, AND EVALUATION, ARMY 1 Excludes $1,500,000 transfer to the appropriation "Operation and Maintenance, Army National Guard". The committee recommends an appropriation of $1,600,820,000 for the various research and development programs of the Army. The sum recommended is a decrease of $248,680,000 in the revised budget estimates, and an increase of $25,520,000 over the House allowance. The recommended increase of $25,520,000 over the House bill results from the following actions: Air defense control and coordination system.-The House made a reduction of $3 million in the request of $5 million for the Air Defense Control and Coordination System. The committee recommends restoration of this $3 million reduction. LANCE missile system.-The House made a reduction of $5 million in the request of $51,400,000 for the continuation of the development and test of the LANCE division support missile. The committee recommends the restoration of this reduction. Military astronautics and related equipment.-The House made a reduction of $4 million in the request of $14 million for the budget activity entitled, "Military astronautics and related equipment.” The committee recommends the restoration of this reduction. Caseless ammunition program.-The House disallowed requests totaling $5,600,000 for several different caseless ammunition programs. The committee recommends restoration of $3,520,000 of this reduction. This action represents a reduction of $2,080,000 in the revised estimate. General reduction.-As indicated above, the authorization act was based on a general reduction of $118,100,000. In view of the additional reductions recommended by the committee it is recommended that $10 million of the House general reduction be restored. Shillelagh missile. The authorization act authorized the use of $20 million for the development of a modified Shillelagh missile to be used as a ground antitank weapon. The House bill does not provide funds for this purpose. The committee has no objection to the use of a reasonable amount to investigate the feasibility of this proposal. However, no additional funds have been provided for this purpose. The initiation of a full-scale development program for this proposal is to be considered as a matter of special interest. PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES Each of the programs and activities included in the recommended appropriation is discussed below. The sums referred to are intended to reflect the magnitude of the various projects and activities and are not to be considered as specific recommendations. The unspecified general reduction referred to above has not been allocated to the various activities. Direct program by activities: 1. Military sciences_. 2. Aircraft and related equipment_. 3. Missiles and related equipment_-. 4. Military astronautics and related equipment.. 5. Ships, small craft and related equipment-- 6. Ordnance, combat vehicles, and related equipment_ 7. Other equipment_- 8. Programwide management and support___ Budget estimate__. Less recommended reductions_ Recommended appropriation---- MILITARY SCIENCES Amount $182, 400, 000 127, 100, 000 914, 900, 000 14, 000, 000 500, 000 193, 100, 000 363, 400, 000 54, 100, 000 1, 849, 500, 000 248, 680, 000 1, 600, 820, 000 The recommended program includes approximately $163.3 million for the activity entitled, "Military Sciences." This activity finances research, with the primary objective of increasing the store of fundamental scientific knowledge adaptable to the solution of widely variant future requirements; and exploratory development, which includes the application of new knowledge to solutions of known or anticipated military requirements. Research, approximately $80.5 million. This subactivity includes funds for the following projects: the Army's in-house laboratory independent research program, approximately $11.6 million; and defense research sciences, approximately $68.9 million. The defense research sciences project includes major efforts in the following fields: general physics, nuclear physics, chemistry, mathematical sciences, electronics, materials, mechanics, energy conversion, terrestrial sciences, atmospheric sciences, biological-medical sciences, behavioral and social sciences, and project Themis (university program). Exploratory development, approximately $73.9 million. This subactivity includes funds for the following major efforts: information processing, electronic warfare, surface mobility studies, nuclear investigations, materials, military personnel performance, military training leadership, defense operations social analysis, biological medical investigations, atmospheric investigations, terrestrial investigations, and hardened antiballistic missile materials. Advanced development, approximately $1.4 million. This subactivity includes the funds for the Army's education and training development program. The objective of this program is to provide the means to convert more rapidly the results of training research into operational training programs, and to evaluate and adapt to Army use the training advances made in education and industry. Management and Support, approximately $10 million. Funds are included in this subactivity for various studies and analyses. The objective of these studies and analyses is to secure assistance from |