The CHAIRMAN. Let's get this straight, Mr. Blandford, about the Safeguard.

Mr. BLANDFORD. This is procurement.

General MILEY. PEMA only. This is not R. & D.

The CHAIRMAN. Go ahead.

General MILEY. I understand that you have received a detailed briefing on the revised Safeguard program reflected in this authorization request and therefore I will not elaborate further in this statement.

REDEYE

The next item is the Redeye missile system (chart No. 13). The Redeye missile is the individual soldier's antiaircraft weapon. It is extremely effective against low-flying, high-performance aircraft and helicopters. The missiles will cover our annual training consumption requirements and retain a warm production base.

The missiles and associated equipment bear a total cost of $22.9 million in fiscal year 1970.

CHAPARRAL

The next missile (chart No. 14) is the Chaparral. The initial buy of this system was made in fiscal year 1966. The Chaparral missile system, together with the Vulcan automatic cannon provide mobile forward area air defense for the field Army against attacking aircraft.

The principal components of the Chaparral missile are procured for us by the Navy. The launcher is produced by the Aeronutronics Division of Philco Corp., Newport Beach, Calif. Our fiscal year 1970 request for Chaparral and associated ground equipment totals $99.5 million.

The next missile is the improved Hawk (chart No. 15). This program will provide an updated version of tactical Hawk systems. This is a surface-to-air guided missile system capable of engaging low- and medium-altitude aircraft. The $98.7 million request contains new missiles at $54.6 million and retrofitted battery sets at $44.1 million.

HAWK

Improved Hawk is the first missile system involved in the Senate reductions. The Senate reduced the quantity of Hawk missiles from [deleted] to [deleted] and reduced the funds from $98.7 million to $89.5 million. The Secretary of the Army in his statement before this committee reduced the Hawk request an additional $14.2 million. The revised request of [deleted] missiles at $75.3 million reflects a decision to procure later and at a slower buildup rate, allowing time to correct a technical problem with the fuze.

NIKE HERCULES (picture on following page)

For the Nike Hercules system (chart 16) we are requesting $19.6 million for modifications and engineering services. This includes $8.8 million for completion and installation of surface-to-air missile capability (Samcap) kits: $2.6 million is for improvements to the missile tracking and guidance systems to provide greater assurance that these systems will fulfill their mission against known and potential enemy countermeasures capabilities; $1.1 million for miscellaneous modifications to improve safety, reliability, and maintainability, which were formerly funded under O. & M., A.; and $7.1 million for technical assessment, documentation, application of longer life and more reliable electronic components, and associated engineering services.

GENERAL PURPOSE INTERROGATOR (AN/TPX-46)

The first item (chart No. 17) is the AN/TPX-46, general-purpose interrogator which will provide our Hawk and Hercules air defense systems with a crypto secure capability to differentiate between friendly and hostile aircraft. It is the ground half of the air-to-ground identification system. The AN/TPX-46 is part of the DOD triservice program to standardize and secure the IFF systems of the three military services. We are requesting these systems at a cost of $8.5 million in fiscal year 1970.

Some technical problems have not been resolved with this item and the entire quantity and dollars have been cut from the Senate bill.