vehicles, M-109 self-propelled howitzers, and the M-551 Sheridan reconnaissance vehicle. The balance of $3 million is for a number of small projects. First destination transportation.-$3.6 million is recommended for the cost of transportation of tracked vehicles from the point of production to the designated Army depot or other facility. Repair parts and support material.-$9.2 million is recommended for the procurement of repair parts and support material for the various tracked vehicles in the Army inventory. Tracked vehicle support equipment.-$1.2 million is recommended for the procurement of minor items of equipment associated with the tracked combat vehicle program. Modification of M-48A3 tanks.-$1.5 million is recommended for the modification of M-48A3 tanks in the Army inventory. These modifications will provide such major improvements as improved fire prevention, operational characteristics, and general vehicle performance. WEAPONS AND OTHER COMBAT VEHICLES The sum recommended includes approximately $106.8 million for the activity entitled, "Weapons and Other Combat Vehicles." These funds provide for the procurement, manufacture, remanufacture, and conversion of artillery and small arms, including towed and antiaircraft artillery, rifles, machineguns, mortars, and associated equipment. This activity also includes funds for the procurement of depot repairable assemblies and components including provisioning, replenishment, and war reserves required to support weapons and other combat vehicles. Funds are also included for the procurement and installation of modification kits. The major items included in the recommended program are: 105millimeter howitzers, $2.4 million; $64.5 million for the procurement of approximately 600,000 M-16A1 rifles; $1.7 million for the procurement of armored commando cars: $9.6 million for the procurement of M-60 and M-73 machineguns; $16.6 million for the procurement of repair parts and support material; and $2 million for the procurement of the 40-millimeter grenade launcher. TACTICAL AND SUPPORT VEHICLES The sum recommended includes approximately $384.1 million for the activity entitled, "Tactical and Support Vehicles." This activity provides for procurement, manufacture, remanufacture, and conversion of tactical and support vehicles and associated equipment including the purchase and installation of modification kits, and depot repairable assemblies and components. These tactical vehicles are of the type used by operating and supporting forces and include prime movers and general purpose vehicles usually equipped with multiwheeled drive. The support vehicles include administrative types, which generally are 2-wheel drive used in support of operations, such as sedans, buses, truck tractors, and associated vehicles. The recommended program includes the following major items: $51.6 million for the procurement of 14-ton utility trucks; $56.7 million for the procurement of the 14-ton utility truck; $116.7 million for the procurement of 212-ton trucks; $77.7 million for the procurement of 5-ton trucks of various body types; $6.3 million for the initial procurement of approximately 5,300 passenger vehicles; $4.9 million for the procurement of pickup trucks of different types; $1.5 million for the procurement of dump trucks; $2.1 million for the procurement of utility trucks; $0.5 million for the procurement of multistop delivery trucks; $6 million for first destination transportation and $19.3 million for repair parts and support materiel for the various tactical and support vehicles in the Army inventory. COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT The sum recommended includes approximately $390.4 million for the activity entitled, "Communications and Electronic Equipment". This activity provides funds for the procurement of, manufacture, remanufacture and conversion of communications and electronics equipment in depot repairable assemblies and components. Funds are also included for radio, radar, countermeasures, combat wire communications, meteorological, night vision, photographic, combat surveillance, target acquisition, strategic, and other tactical and security communications and electronics equipment and modification kits. The recommended program includes $55.3 million for the support of the Army's strategic communication system, including $3.3 million associated with the Safeguard antiballistic system; $14.1 million for the procurement of various types of automatic data processing equipment; $9 million for combat support systems; $206.1 million for the procurement of 40 different types of tactical communications and electronics equipment; $73.5 million for the support of the Army area communications system; and $25.3 million for the procurement of several different types of night vision equipment. OTHER SUPPORT EQUIPMENT The sum recommended includes approximately $312.3 million for the activity entitled, "Other Support Equipment". This activity provides for the procurement, manufacture, and remanufacture of construction, materials handling and other heavy equipment and initial and replenishments spare parts and support material. Funds are included for such items as excavating and grading equipment, forklift trucks, generator sets, bridge components, protective masks, and other major support equipment. Funds are also included for the procurement and installation of modification kits. The recommended program includes $11.6 million for the procurement of bridge components and amphibious bridge ferry units, for the procurement of equipment and components for the MUST hospital system, $7.9 million for the procurement of protective field masks, $5.7 million for the procurement of crane shovels of 2 different types, $2.4 million for the procurement of road graders, $11.3 million for the procurement of medium tractors, $1.9 million for the procurement of wheel-mounted 20 ton crane shovels; $1.1 million for the procurement of scoop-type loaders; $2.4 million for the procurement of Mark-8 landing craft, $21.4 million for the procurement of a number of different types of generators and associated equipment; $5 million for the procurement of calibration sets; $7.3 million for the procurement of forklift trucks of different types; $5.6 million for the procurement of items for the support of the revolutionary development cadre pro gram: $19.6 million for the procurement of minor items; $16.6 million for the procurement of repair parts and support materiel; and $1.4 million for the procurement of air conditioners. AMMUNITION The sum recommended includes approximately $1,639.4 million for the activity entitled, "Ammunition." This activity provides for the procurement, manufacture, remanufacture, and conversion of ammunition and associated equipment and for the procurement of repairable major components for special ammunition. Funds are included for artillery, mortar, and small ammunitions as well as fuses, mines, demolitions, grenades, pyrotechnic signals, and incendiaries. Of the total recommended program of approximately $1.7 billion, $1.6 billion is identified with operations in Southeast Asia, of which $560 million is for the South Vietnamese forces. The recommended total of $1.7 billion for fiscal year 1970 for the procurement of ammunition is significantly below the $3 billion required for this purpose in fiscal year 1969. This reduction of $1.3 billion is based on an assumed reduction in combat activity in Southeast Asia during fiscal year 1970. The recommended program includes funds for over 100 different types of ammunition and associated equipment. Some of the major items included in the program for fiscal year 1970 are: atomic shells, $5 million; non-lethal chemical agents, $43.9 million; 5.56 millimeter cartridges, $130 million; 7.62 millimeter cartridges $70 million; .45 caliber cartridges, $4.6 million; .50 caliber cartridges, $29.2 million; 20 millimeter cartridges, $36 million; 40 millimeter cartridges, $68.7 million; 81 millimeter cartridges, $85 million: 105 millimeter cartridges, $319.7 million; 155 millimeter projectiles, $211 million; fuses of several different types, $129 million; and first-destination transportation, $74.5 million. PRODUCTION BASE SUPPORT The sum recommended includes approximately $320.5 million for the activity entitled, "Production base support." This activity provides for the establishment, augumentation, and improvement of production capability; layaway of industrial plants and equipment; and production engineering in advance of quantity production to facilitate the production of ammunition, vehicles, weapons, communications and electronics, and support equipment items. Of the total recommended, approximately $250 million, is for the improvement of the Army's ammunition production capability, including, funds for projects to sustain the Army's current production capability at 27 manufacturing installations; funds to establish new production capability; and funds to replace production facilities which are obsolete, worn, and inefficient with new and more efficient facilities. GENERAL REDUCTION The recommended general reduction of $34.4 million has not been allocated to the various budget activities. 38-182-69- -5 PROCUREMENT OF AIRCRAFT AND MISSILES, NAVY 1969 appropriation__. Original 1970 budget estimate (H. Doc. 91-15) Revised 1970 budget estimate (H. Doc. 91–100). Senate committee recommendation--- $2,574, 300, 000 3, 409, 000, 000 3, 235, 500, 000 2,696, 600, 000 2, 465, 500, 000 The recommended appropriation of $2,465.5 million plus $195.0 million estimated to be made available from other sources will provide a total program of $2,660.5 million. The committee recommends an appropriation of $2,465,500,000. This is a reduction of $770 million in the revised budget estimate and a reduction of $231,100,000 in the House allowance. The sum recommended represents a reduction of $108,800,000 below the appropriation for fiscal year 1969. The committee recommends concurrence in the following House reductions: Authorization reductions: Sea Knight helicopters.‒‒ RA-5C aircraft.. KA-6D tanker aircraft___ KA-6D tanker aircraft advance procurement__. Sea Knight helicopters.. Sea Knight advance procurement- Reduction based on use of prior-year Sea Knight funds--. Aircraft modifications____ Sparrow missiles_. Missile spares-- Total, other House reductions_ Total House reductions___ 18, 000, 000 45, 300, 000 57, 600, 000 4,800,000 61, 200, 000 900,000 5, 000, 000 12, 800, 000 4,500,000 2,400,000 194, 500, 000 212, 500, 000 F-14A fighter aircraft.—The revised budget estimate included $275 million in this appropriation for the Navy's F-14A fighter aircraft program, including $14,400,000 for advance procurement to support the fiscal 1971 procurement of this aircraft. The House disallowed the full request of $275 million and provided additional funds in the appropriation entitled "Research, development, test, and evaluation, Navy." This matter is discussed on page 7 of this report. It is the view of the committee that funds should be provided in this appropriation for advance procurement to support the fiscal 1971 procurement program, and $8,500,000 is recommended for that purpose. The net effect of this action is a reduction of $266,500,000 in this appropriation which is offset by a comparable increase in the Navy's research and development appropriation. Shrike antiradar missile.-The House disallowed the request of $9,500,000 for the procurement of Shrike antiradar missiles. The committee has expressed its disappointment with the performance of this missile on previous occasions. However, it is the view of the committee that we should maintain an active production line for this missile, and restoration of the House reduction of $9,500,000 is recommended. The effect of this recommendation is to increase the House allowance by $9,500,000. These funds along with the $7,100,000 recommended for the procurement of missiles by the Air Force will provide for minimum sustaining production rate for the Shrike missile. Aircraft spares and repair parts.-The House made a reduction of $41,900,000 in the request for aircraft spares and repair parts. The committee recommends restoration of $10 million of this reduction, of which $5 million is for the procurement of spare aircraft engines and $5 million is for spare parts associated with the KA-6D modification program discussed below. The effect of this action is to increase the House allowance by $10 million and decrease the revised budget by $31,900,000. KA-6D tanker aircraft modifications.-As indicated above the committee has recommended concurrence in the House disallowance of $57,600,000 requested for the procurement of KA-6D tanker aircraft, and $4,800,000 requested for advance procurement of this aircraft. In recommending the disallowance of these funds the House committee. suggested that existing A-6A aircraft be modified for the tanker mission, but did not recommend the funds required for these modifications. It is the view of the committee that the Navy should modify these aircraft for the tanker mission and recommends the allowance of $14,500,000 for this purpose. The committee recommends the following additional decreases in this appropriation: Standard ARM missiles, $25,600,000.-The revised budget and the House bill included $25,600,000 for the procurement of the Standard ARM antiradar missile and related spare parts. It is the view of the committee that the existing inventory and missiles on order are adequate to meet the Navy's inventory objective. Therefore, the committee recommends the disallowance of the request of $25,600,000. Reduction based on the utilization of available funds, $80 million.-A review of the balances available in this account has revealed that there is an additional $80 million available to finance the fiscal 1970 program. Therefore, the committee recommends a reduction of $80 million on this basis. Poseidon missiles, $168 million.-The revised budget included $491,500,000 for the procurement of Poseidon missiles. As stated previously in this report the committee has recommended the conversion of only two of the Polaris submarines to carry the new Poseidon missile. This action substantially reduces the number of missiles that will be required, and the committee has recommended a reduction of $168 million in this request. PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES The budget program and activities included in the appropriation are discussed below: |