Bill Text: TX SCR4 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Expressing support for full funding of the U.S. Army's Future Vertical Lift program, including the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft and Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft.
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-05-03 - Not again placed on intent calendar [SCR4 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SCR4-Comm_Sub.html
| By: Powell, et al. | S.C.R. No. 4 | |
| (In the Senate - Filed January 21, 2021; March 11, 2021, | ||
| read first time and referred to Committee on Veteran Affairs & | ||
| Border Security; April 21, 2021, reported favorably by the | ||
| following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; April 21, 2021, sent to printer.) | ||
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| WHEREAS, The increasing military capabilities of other | ||
| nations pose a growing threat to the United States, and in response, | ||
| the U.S. military is undertaking critical modernization efforts | ||
| across all branches; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The U.S. Army has adopted a modernization plan | ||
| encompassing six mutually supporting priorities, among them the | ||
| Future Vertical Lift program; the FVL initiative is a research and | ||
| development effort to provide the next generation of rotorcraft | ||
| technology to the armed forces, improving maneuverability, range, | ||
| speed, payload, survivability, and reliability while reducing | ||
| logistical footprint; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Key components of FVL include the Future Long-Range | ||
| Assault Aircraft and Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft; FARA is | ||
| designed to defeat defensive layers by providing much-needed aerial | ||
| reconnaissance capabilities, while FLRAA will exploit opened areas | ||
| to achieve air assault, air medical, and medium utility missions; | ||
| and | ||
| WHEREAS, FVL will enable the Army National Guard, including | ||
| the Texas National Guard, to expand its mission as an operational | ||
| strategic reserve; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Army Futures Command, headquartered in Austin, | ||
| focuses on modernization and speeding up the acquisition of | ||
| platforms and technology, including FVL; Texas is both a center of | ||
| the nation's aerospace and aviation industry and home to active | ||
| military bases representing all branches of the military; moreover, | ||
| numerous defense contractors and suppliers located in the Lone Star | ||
| State play a role in strengthening military readiness; and | ||
| WHEREAS, FVL is vital to the military's ability to compete in | ||
| the ever-evolving threat environment, and this important program | ||
| will also promote continued growth and innovation in the aerospace | ||
| and defense sectors in Texas and the nation; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 87th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
| hereby express its support for the Future Vertical Lift program, | ||
| including FLRAA and FARA, as part of U.S. Army modernization; and, | ||
| be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 87th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
| hereby express support for full funding of the U.S. Army's Future | ||
| Vertical Lift program, including the Future Long-Range Assault | ||
| Aircraft and Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft; and, be it | ||
| further | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official | ||
| copies of this resolution to the members of the Texas delegation to | ||
| Congress as an expression of the sentiment of the Texas | ||
| Legislature. | ||
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