Defense Authorization bill of 2014 passed by congress

U.S. Congress authorized defense spending of $625 billion in Fiscal Year 2014, but calls for an independent review of the software being developed for the Pentagon’s largest weapons program, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
Air Force Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan, the F-35 program executive officer, has said that software remains the program’s largest risk. Within 180 days of the law’s enactment, the under secretary and the F-35 Joint Program Office must also report on plans for sustainment of the F-35 autonomous logistics information system, which receives health and maintenance information from the jets in flight.
NDAA supports multi-year procurement of the E-2D Hawkeye and C-130J Super Hercules, modernization of the C-130H for the National Guard and Reserve and advance procurement of the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet.
The legislation authorizes $133.6 million in research, development, test and evaluation of the Navy’s unmanned carrier launched airborne surveillance and strike (Uclass) system. The Pentagon may acquire no more than six Uclass air vehicles before receiving Milestone B approval to begin the engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) phase.