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The FY 91 budget includes $2.02 billion for communication and elec- tronics equipment. Major increase in FY 91 include increased procure- ment of AN/SQQ-89 Surface ASW

Combat Systems and AN/BQQ-5

Sonar Systems to continue to mod- ernize the fleet, $141.9 million for the BSY-2 software support facility which is required to meet the initial operating capability if the SSN-21, and funding for one Relocatable

Over the Horizon (ROTHR) sys- tem.

Ordnance Support Equipment in- cludes $86.2 million for the procure- ment of equipment associated with the backfit of the D-5 missile config- uration into Trident submarines commencing with the first overhaul in FY 93. Other major increases include the procurement of Aegis

Support Equipment and Shipboard

Expendable Countermeasures.

Supply Support Equipment is funded at a level of $478.4 million in

FY 91, primarily associated with classified special purpose systems.

Personnel and Command Sup- port Equipment is budgeted at $748.6 million and includes $348.2 million for industrial depot mainte- nance equipment (previously in- cluded in the Navy industrial fund asset capitalization program), and an increase for training devices for such items as a Landing Craft Air

Cushion (LCAC) trainer and re- quired state-of-the-art modifica- tions to existing trainers.

Exhibit 4—WEAPONS PROCUREMENT, NAVY

FY 1989 FY 1990 FY 1991

QTY $ QTY $ QTY $

MISSILES

TRIDENT II 66 1,865.6 42 1,439.1 52 1,536.3

TOMAHAWK 510 675.3 400 572.0 600 808.7

AMRAAM 26 34.8 85 107.9 550 421.9

MAVERICK 731 81.9 560 66.4 — 5.8

HARM 1,307 300.8 1,162 291.8 1,320 339.4

HARPOON 119 172.9 190 212.1 215 241.1

PENGUIN — 3.5 64 66.3 65 44.2

RAM 260 51.8 580 90.2 405 70.4

STANDARD MISSILES 1,310 594.6 940 390.2 900 607.8

HELLFIRE 1,000 34.8 1,098 50.3 1,198 42.1

OTHER MISSILES 1,072.7 651.2 397.0

INSTALL OF MODERN EQ - 30.4 -

TORPEDOS

MK-48 ADCAP 320 481.1 260 437.8 240 350.3

MK-50 ALWT 140 197.4 200 270.8 265 328.3

OTHER TORPEDOES 166.0 95.0 162.7

AMMUNITION

OTHER ORDNANCE — - 275.2

OTHER

FLTSATCOM (UHF) — 173.6 2 312.7 3 249.6

MK-15 CIWS & MODS 2 73.1 18 116.3 17 143.3

ALL OTHER 111.6 152.5 137.3

TOTAL: WEAPONS PROCUREMENT,

NAVY 6,091.5 5,353.0 6,161.4

Research & Development

The RDT&E, Navy, appropria- tion request is $9.10 billion in FY 91, a decrease of $363.4 million from the FY 90 request. Most of the decrease is caused by tactical pro- grams transitioning to production. (continued)

Exhibit 5—OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY (In Millions of Dollars)

FY 1989 FY 1990 FY 1991

SHIPS SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 620.5 3,580.5' 1,399.0

COMMUNICATIONS AND

ELECTRONICS EQUIPMENT 1,399.5 1,562.8 2,021.0

AVIATION SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 487.7 577.8 283.82

ORDNANCE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 1,051.6 733.0 600.62

CIVIL ENGINEERING SUPPORT

EQUIPMENT 111.6 99.7 88.5

SUPPLY SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 109.7 143.1 478.4

PERSONNEL AND COMMAND

SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 444.8 669.3 748.6

SPARES AND REPAIR PARTS 203.1 228.0 244.2

OUTFITTING SPARES 324.5 186.0 277.4

TOTAL: OTHER PROCUREMENT, NAVY 4,752.8 7,779.8 6,081.5

Exhibit 6—RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST

AND EVALUATION, NAVY (In Millions of Dollars)

FY 1989 FY 1990 FY 1991

TECHNOLOGY BASE 782.1 804.9 867.5

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT 190.0 213.9 199.6

STRATEGIC PROGRAMS 778.3 390.6 285.7

TACTICAL PROGRAMS 6,037.4 6,523.4 6,146.3

INTELLIGENCE AND COMMUNICATIONS 723.3 860.1 873.6

DEFENSE WIDE MISSION SUPPORT 770.4 672.9 729.7

TOTAL: RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST

AND EVALUATION, NAVY 9,281.5 9,465.8 9,102.4

SIGNIFICANT PROGRAMS

TRIDENT II 567.2 213.9 91.8

F-14 UPGRADE 152.6 117.8 121.4

NAVY ATF 63.7 60.6 65.7

ADVANCED AIR-TO-AIR MISSILE (AAAM) 29.6 70.4 84.2

V-22 301.3 255.0 —

HELICOPTER DEVELOPMENT 11.5 17.1 65.6

P-3 MODERNIZATION PROGRAM 199.7 340.1 280.7

A-12 * * *

SEA LANCE 78.1 81.5 —

SSN-21 DEVELOPMENT 187.2 181.9 186.9

SUBMARINE COMBAT SYSTEM 365.7 340.8 346.7

SURF ASW SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT 66.3 134.7 168.4

FIXED DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM 99.0 141.2 210.2 •CLASSIFIED PROGRAM

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