* Unit cost of RDT&E articles not separately priced.

(U) A. Mission Description and Budget Item Justification

The Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program (formally JAST) will develop and field an affordable, highly common family of next generation strike aircraft for the USN, USMC, USAF and allies. Current program emphasis is on facilitating the evolution of fully validated and affordable joint operational requirements, and demonstrating cost leveraging technologies and concepts to lower risk prior to entering Engineering and Manufacturing Demonstration (E&MD) in FY 2001. This is a joint program with no executive service. Navy and Air Force each provide approximately equal shares of annual funding for the program effective in FY 1995. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the United Kingdom (UK) contribute funding effective in FY 1996. The Netherlands, Norway and Denmark will contribute funding effective in FY 1997 under a Multi-Lateral Agreement.

This program is funded under DEMONSTRATION & VALIDATION because it integrates hardware for test related to specific ship or aircraft applications.

(U) FY 1996 ($ in Thousands) (Breakout reflects Navy, Air Force, DARPA and UK funding):

(U) $60,768	Completed concept definition and design research for weapon system concepts for a tri-service family of aircraft; received contractors' preferred weapon system concepts and recommended development and demonstration plans; and continued affordability analyses.
(U) $7,000	Conducted Phase I of the Alternate Engine Program, including study efforts and preliminary design risk reduction activities.
(U) $111,587	Completed technology maturation concept definition and design research; continued demonstrations and assessments in the areas of airframe, flight systems, manufacturing and producibility, propulsion, mission systems and supportability.
(U) $7,101	Continued strategy-to-task analysis and strike warfare demonstrations and assessments to facilitate the Services' joint requirements definition.
(U) $5,065	Continued modeling and simulation activities to support strike warfare mission area analysis.
(U) $5,502	Completed Advanced Short Takeoff and Vertical Landing (ASTOVL) risk mitigation efforts, integrated with JAST Program Concept Development tasks.
(U) $7,152	Supported program operations, including program office functions.
(U) $204,175	Total

(U) FY 1997 ($ in Thousands) (Breakout reflects Navy, Air Force, DARPA, UK and Multi-Lateral funding):

(U) $411,620	Competitively awarded contracts to Boeing and Lockheed Martin for ground and flight demonstrations and continued concept refinement for a tri-service family of aircraft that meets the Services' needs and optimizes commonality among the variants to minimize life cycles costs (LCC); award contract to Pratt & Whitney for supporting propulsion efforts.
(U) $25,000	Commence Phase II of the Alternate Engine Program, which continues detailed design and begins hardware testing. (a) Within this amount, $10M has been included for early risk reduction on critical technologies for the alternative engine. (b) The Department is evaluating acceleration of the alternative engine to meet a Lot 4 production introduction.
(U) $6,308	Continue requirements analysis efforts including Cost & Operational Trades (COPT) to facilitate the Services' joint requirements definition.
(U) $10,292	Continue modeling and simulation activities to support strike warfare mission area analysis.
(U) $172,695	Continue technology maturation demonstrations and assessments in the areas of airframe, flight systems, manufacturing and producibility, propulsion, mission systems, and supportability. Commence systems engineering support for the Concept Demonstration Phase in the areas of system test, air vehicle analysis and integration, advanced cost estimating, survivability, integrated flight and propulsion control and carrier suitability.
(U) $9,525	Support program operations, including program office functions; Congressionally directed OSD Force Structure Analysis.
(U) $6,035	USN portion of program reduced for transfer to Small Business Innovative Research assessment in accordance with 15 U.S.C. 638.
(U) $12,809	Anticipated USAF & DARPA general reductions.
(U) $654,284	Total

(U) FY 1998 ($ in Thousands) (Breakout reflects Navy, Air Force, DARPA, UK and Multi-Lateral funding):

(U) $718,261	Continue Concept Demonstration efforts by Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Pratt & Whitney for ground and flight demonstrations and continued concept refinement for a tri-service family of aircraft.
(U) $20,000	Continue the Alternate Engine Program.
(U) $7,287	Continue requirements analysis efforts including Cost & Operational Trades (COPT) to facilitate the Services' joint requirements definition.
(U) $11,913	Continue modeling and simulation activities to support strike warfare mission area analysis.
(U) $231,591	Continue technology maturation demonstrations and assessments in the areas of airframe, flight systems, manufacturing and producibility, propulsion, mission systems, and supportability. Continue systems engineering support for the Concept Demonstration Phase in the areas of system test, air vehicle analysis and integration, advanced cost estimating, survivability, integrated flight and propulsion control and carrier suitability.
(U) $6,355	Support program operations, including program office functions.
(U) $995,407	Total

(U) FY 1999 ($ in Thousands) (Breakout reflects Navy, Air Force, DARPA, UK and Multi-Lateral funding):

(U) $702,484	Continue Concept Demonstration efforts by Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Pratt & Whitney for ground and flight demonstrations and continued concept refinement for a tri-service family of aircraft.
(U) $23,000	Continue the Alternate Engine Program.
(U) $5,776	Continue requirements analysis efforts including Cost & Operational Trades (COPT) to facilitate the Services' joint requirements definition; receive Joint Operational Requirements Document (JORD) from the Services.
(U) $9,424	Continue modeling and simulation activities to support strike warfare mission area analysis.
(U) $203,749	Continue technology maturation demonstrations and assessments in the areas of structures and material, flight systems, manufacturing and producibility, propulsion, mission systems, and supportability. Continue systems engineering support for the Concept Demonstration Phase in the areas of system test, air vehicle analysis and integration, advanced cost estimating, survivability, integrated flight and propulsion control and carrier suitability.
(U) $6,300	Support program operations, including program office functions.
(U) $950,733	Total

(U) B. Program Change Summary ($ in Thousands)

	FY 1996	FY 1997	FY 1998	FY 1999	Total Cost
(U) Previous President's Budget	151,186	263,836	431,057	458,527	1,576,014
(U) Appropriated Value	85,686	263,836
(U) Adjustments to Appropriated Value
a. Cong Reductions	-1,678	-5,541
b. SBIR	-1,649	-6,252
c. Omnibus or Other Above Threshold Reprogram	-529
d. Below Threshold Reprogramming	-44
e. Rescissions	-509
(U) Adjustments to Budget Years Since FY 1997 PB			+26,995	+7,084
(U) Current Budget Submit/FY1998 PB	81,277	252,043	458,052	465,611	1,609,843

(U) Change Summary Explanation:

Funding: - (U) FY 1996: Decremented by $1,678 thousand for General Congressional Reductions (FY96 Appr Act Sec 8125, 8129 & 8101), $1,649 thousand for SBIR, $529 thousand for Bosnia I Reduction, $455 thousand for Bosnia II/Jordanian Recission, $54 thousand for 1996 Administrative & Personnel Rescission, $18 thousand for #0604851F - McClellan Nuclear Reactor, and $26 thousand for Bosnia shortfalls.

- (U) FY 1997: Decremented by $5,525 thousand for General Congressional Reductions (FY97 Appr Act Sec 8136 & 8138), $7 thousand for FFRDC, $9 thousand for non-FFRDC, and $6,252 thousand for SBIR.

- (U) FY 1998: Increased by $28,800 thousand to reflect the replacement of funding formerly provided by DARPA. Decremented by $121 thousand for O&M adjustments, and $1,684 thousand for inflation savings.

- (U) FY 1999: Increased by $9,500 thousand to reflect the replacement of funding formerly provided by DARPA. Decremented by $150 thousand for O&M adjustments, and $2,266 thousand for inflation savings.

Schedule: No change. Program schedule is consistent with recent PDRR contract awards.

Technical: Not Applicable

(U) C.a. Other Program Funding Summary ($ in Thousands): This is a joint program with no executive service. The United Kingdom is a full collaborative partner in the program in accordance with a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed in December 1995. The Netherlands, Norway and Denmark will become associate partners in the program in accordance with a Multi-Lateral Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to be signed in the second quarter of FY 1997.

	FY 1996	FY 1997	FY 1998	FY 1999	FY 2000	FY 2001	FY 2002	FY 2003	To Compl	Total Cost
(U) RDT&E 0603800N	79,981	246,076	448,855	443,522	249,429	25,448	0	0	0	1,621,099
(U) RDT&E 0603800E	28,917	76,865	23,900	0	0	0	0	0	0	129,682
(U) United Kingdom	14,000	71,000	55,000	34,000	26,000	0	0	0	0	200,000
(U) Multi-Lateral	0	8,300	9,600	7,600	5,000	1,700

(U) C.b. Related Program Funding Summary ($ in Thousands): Milestone II for E&MD of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) is planned in FY 2001.

	FY 1996	FY 1997	FY 1998	FY 1999	FY 2000	FY 2001	FY 2002	FY 2003	To Compl	Total Cost
(U) RDT&E 0604800F	0	0	0	0	0	560,234	1,399,882	1,915,720	TBD*	TBD*
(U) RDT&E 0604800N	0	0	0	0	0	558,184	1,398,026	1,913,742	TBD*	TBD*

* Pending initial SAR approval, 3QTR FY97