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Ocean surveillance ship (TAGOS)—The House committee recommends deleting one TAGOS from the FY 1987 program. Budget constraints are given as the reason for this recommended cut. The Sen- ate has approved the three ships requested.

WEAPONS PROCUREMENT

The Navy requested $6.1 billion to buy missiles, torpedoes, mines and other weapons in FY 1987. The

House Committee recommended programs totaling $5.9 billion—and an additional $138 million was added by floor amendment. A $5.6- billion program is authorized by the

Senate. Details are shown in Exhibit 2.

Rolling airframe missile (RAM)—Both House and Senate committees recommend not autho- rizing RAM procurement or further development efforts in FY 1987.

The U.S./German program is be- hind schedule, over cost and said to be "plagued by continuing reliabili- ty and quality assurance problems."

Reversing the committee recom- mendation in floor action, the Sen- ate authorized proceeding with the

RAM program subject to: • the expectation that Navy would spend up to $24.2 million in

RDT&E funds and $40 million in procurement funds for RAM in FY 1987; • the funds must be obtained by taking from other authorized pro- grams

GD-Pomona is the prime contac- tor for RAM. EG&G, Bermite-

Whittaker, Hercules, and Morton

Thiokol are also involved in this program.

Other missiles—The House committee recommends deleting 224 IIR Maverick missiles and add- ing 95 Phoenix missiles to the bud- get request. Hughes-Tucson manu- factures both of these missiles.

MK-48 advanced capability (ADCAP) torpedo—Citing delays in testing the House committee rec- ommended cutting FY 1987 AD-

CAP procurement from 227 to 50 torpedoes. An amendment intro- duced by Congressman Spratt (D-

SC) added $253 million back into the MK-48 procurement program.

Hughes-Fullerton is the prime con- tractor for the ADCAP torpedo.

Anti-surface warfare (ASUW) torpedo—Stating that the projected inventory of MK-48 and MK-48 (ADCAP) will double the current inventory of heavy- weight torpedoes, the House com- mittee recommends disapproval of the proposed ASUW torpedo pro- gram in FY 1987.

MK-50 advanced light- weight torpedo—The House committee recommends cutting FY 1987 procurement from 84 to 67

MK-50 torpedoes. It cites budget pressures and the desirability of maintaining production over an ex- tended period as the reason for the reduction. Honeywell-Minneapolis is the prime contractor for this pro- gram.

MK-60 Captor mine—Last year, the House added 150 Captor

Circle 168 on Reader Service Card •>• mines to the Navy's procurement request. Continuing this directive the House committee recommends $60 million for 130 mines in FY 1987. The Navy has not requested this procurement. Citing the role of

Congressman Hartnett of South

Carolina, the House committee di- rects that the Captor mine be re- named the Hartnett mine by the

Navy. Goodyear Aerospace in

Akron, Ohio is prime contractor for the program.

ELECTRONICS AND

SUPPORT EQUIPMENT

The Navy requested $6.5 billion for other procurement programs in

FY 1987. The House committee rec- ommends $5.8 billion and the Sen- ate has authorized $6.1 billion. De- tails are given in Exhibit 3.

MK-45 gun mount—The Sen- ate committee recommended against authorizing a multiyear pro- (continued)

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