Washington, D.C. – Led by Ranking Member Donald Norcross (D-NJ) and Chairman Rob Wittman (R-VA), the Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces today released its proposals for the Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The Subcommittee will meet at 2:30pm ET on Tuesday, June 13, 2023 in Rayburn 2118. The markup will be live streamed on the committee’s website. The Subcommittee's mark is available here. 
 
 
A-10 Force Structure

  • Reduces A-10 total aircraft inventory to 218 aircraft.
  • Requires a plan from the Secretary of the Air Force as to how the Secretary will maintain proficient aircrews in close air support, combat search and rescue, and forward air controller-airborne missions.

F-15 C/D Force Structure

  • Reduces the F-15C/D total aircraft inventory by 57 aircraft. 

Future Armed Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) requirement

  • Limits the Office of the Secretary of the Army funds until the Secretary of the Army submits to the congressional defense committees the analysis of alternatives for the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft program.

Next Generation Air Dominance

  • Requires the Secretary of the Air Force and the Secretary of the Navy to annually submit development and technology maturation progress reports regarding each Department's Next Generation Air Dominance and Collaborative Combat Aircraft acquisition programs.
  • Requires each Secretary to establish, for each piloted fighter aircraft program of the Next Generation Air Dominance program, threshold and objective key performance parameters regarding flyaway unit cost, gross/weapon system unit cost, aircraft cost-per-tail-per-year, and aircraft cost-per-flight-hour.
  • Sets maximum cost limitations for each category of Collaborative Combat Aircraft each Secretary would plan to procure.

F-35 Lightning II

  • Requires the Secretary of Defense to designate the F-35 continuous capability and development and delivery program as a major subprogram of the F-35 acquisition program.
  • Requires the F-35 Program Executive Officer to designate and manufacture six developmental testing and evaluation aircraft to adequately support future activities of the F-35 testing and evaluation program.

Energetics

  • A pilot program on incorporation of the energetic compound CL20 into at least three developing munitions. 
  • An assessment of the energetics industrial base.

Oversight

  • Requires GAO’s assessment of the Army’s Air and Missile Defense program and Army’s Long Range Precision Fires program.