Department of Defense Appropriations for 1975: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of ....

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Page 564 - All requests to purchase major defense equipment are reviewed by the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
Page 665 - US would consider the deployment of operational land-mobile ICBM launchers during the period of the Interim Agreement as inconsistent with the objectives of that Agreement.
Page 1195 - hl-low" mix we envisage for our Attack Helicopter. Synthetic Flight Trainer Systems demonstrated their application to helicopter training, with the capability to reduce flying hours and cost. Simulator contracts have been made for the AH-1 and CH-47, and programs for the AAH and UTTAS are to be initiated. Before discussing individual aircraft programs, I would like to mention some areas that Individually do not represent large dollar expenditures, but collectively reach a substantial amount. A machine...
Page 763 - We will now consider the research, development, test, and evaluation request for the Office of the Secretary of Defense and Joint Chiefs of Staff. The fiscal year 1975 request is for $18,800,000, an increase of $3.2 million over the prior year.
Page 1176 - He is an Associate Fellow of the Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and has served as a consultant to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Executive Office of the President and the Department of the Army.
Page 1173 - Research and Development; Lt. Gen. John R. Deane, Jr., Chief of Research and Development; General Kjellstrom, Director of Army Budget ; and General Walter Leber, Safeguard System Manager.
Page 1199 - FY 74 funds were spent for the design and fabrication of prototype missiles and Fire Control Groups as well as the conversion of advanced development hardware to a demonstration fire section at White Sands Missile Range. In accordance with the Secretary of Defense's reorientation of the SAM-D program we are requesting $111.2 million In FY 75 to support a system demonstration designed to permit early flight verification of the guidance concept. Sixteen missiles will be fired between July 1974 and...
Page 559 - ... permit more than a four-fold increase in available operating area. Additionally, TRIDENT I is being developed to be compatible with the current POSEIDON SSBNs as well as the new submarine. In fact, the program provides for initiation of the TRIDENT I missile backfit into POSEIDON SSBNs, commencing In FY 1979, while permitting us to proceed with a slower TRIDENT submarine building program. The TRIDENT program includes advanced development of an evading re-entry vehicle (MARV) as a hedge against...
Page 1187 - ... it reduces the size of headquarters staffs needed to support the acquisition process. DELEGATED MANAGEMENT We have delegated about 65% of our system oriented projects to materiel developers to manage. We found ourselves, in the past, being spread too thin in attempting to manage each of the hundreds of items under development. Our high level management is now concentrated on 23 major systems which account for over 69% of our system oriented RDTE funds. Focusing our managerial attention on these...
Page 1192 - Soviet bloc, especially in Europe. The Warsaw Pact nations are capable of assembling within a short period of time, a force of several thousand combat aircraft with advanced electronic countermeasures capability. In order to protect and provide freedom of action for our ground forces and helicopters and free our Air Force for offensive missions, we are developing SAM-D, a medium to high altitude antiaircraft missile system with multiple engagement capabilities and high resistance to ECM.

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