Limitation on availability of funds to retire or decommission certain radar systems

(a) Limitation Except as provided in subsection (b), none of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2027 for the Department of Defense may be obligated or expended to retire, decommission, divest, or otherwise remove from active operational service, any covered radar system. (b) Exception The limitation under subsection (a) shall not apply to any individual unit of a covered radar system that the Secretary of the military department concerned determines has been damaged or degraded beyond economical repair. (c) Covered radar system In this section, the term covered radar system means the following: (1) The AN/SPN–43 shipboard air traffic control and air marshaling radar system. (2) The AN/SPY–1 phased-array radar system for the Aegis Combat System. (3) The AN/TPQ–36 Firefinder counter-battery radar system. (4) The AN/TPQ–37 Firefinder counter-battery radar system. (5) Airborne Station Keeping Equipment radar systems, including the AN/APN–243.