12 2 STA T .459 9 PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 41 7—O CT. 14 , 200 8oftheS e na te an d the H o us eof R e pr esentat iv es not l ater than 60 da y s after the D epart m ent su b mits the report .SEC.1042 .S TUDYON US I N GM ODU LAR AIR B ORNE F IRE FIG H TING SYS - TEMS ( MAFFS ) IN A FEDERAL RES P ONSE TO W ILDFIRES. ( a )INGE NE RAL . —T he Se c retary of Defense shall carry out a study to determine— ( 1 )ho w to utili z e the Department ’ s M odular A irborne F ire Fi g hting Systems (MAFFS) in all contingencies where there is a Federal response to wildfires
and ( 2 ) how to decrease the costs of using the Department’s MAFFS when supporting N ational Interagency Fire C enter (NIFC) fire fighting operations. (b) RE PO R T .—Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act , the Secretary shall submit to the congres - sional defense committees a report on the results of the study. SEC. 104 3 . STUDY ON ROTORCRAFT SUR V IVABILITY. (a) ST UDY RE Q U I RED.—The Secretary of Defense and the Chair- man of the J oint Chiefs of Staff shall carry out a study on Depart- ment of Defense rotorcraft survivability. The study shall— (1) with respect to actual losses of rotorcraft in combat— (A) identify the rates of such losses from 1 9 6 5 through 200 8 , measured in total annual losses by type of aircraft and by cause, with rates for loss per flight hour and loss per sortie provided; ( B ) identify by category of hostile action (such as small arms, Man- P ortable Air Defense Systems, and so on), the causal factors for the losses; and (C) propose candidate solutions for survivability (such as training, tactics, speed, countermeasures, maneuver- ability, lethality, technology, and so on), in a prioritized list with e x planations, to mitigate each such causal factor, along with recommended funding ade q uate to achieve rates at least equal to the experience in the V ietnam conflict; (2) with respect to actual losses of rotorcraft in combat theater not related to hostile action— (A) identify the causal factors of loss in a ran k ed list; and (B) propose candidate solutions for survivability (such as training, tactics, speed, countermeasures, maneuver- ability, lethality, technology, and so on), in a prioritized list, to mitigate each such causal factor, along with rec- ommended funding adequate to achieve the Secretary’s Mishap Reduction Initiative goal of not more than 0.5 mishaps per 100,000 flight hours; ( 3 ) with respect to losses of rotorcraft in training or other non-combat operations during peacetime or interwar years— (A) identify by category (such as inadvertent instrument meteorological conditions, wire strike, and so on) the causal factors of loss in a ranked list; and (B) identify candidate solutions for survivability and performance (such as candidate solutions referred to in paragraph (2)(B) as well as maintenance, logistics, systems development, and so on) in a prioritized list, to mitigate each such causal factor, along with recommended funding adequate to achieve the goal of rotorcraft loss rates to non-combat causes being reduced to 1.0;
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