United States Congress, NDAA 2018 Sec. 231 , September 18, 2017. Unclassified.

79 1 fense and may consider carrying out a pilot program under 2 another provision of this Act. 3 (c) REPORT.—Not later than March 31, 2018, the Sec- 4 retary shall submit to the congressional defense committees 5 a report on the actions taken by the Secretary under sub- 6 section (a)(1) and how the process described in such sub- 7 section has been improved. 8 Subtitle C—Reports and Other 9 Matters 10 SEC. 231. COMPETITIVE ACQUISITION PLAN FOR LOW PROB- 11 ABILITY OF DETECTION DATA LINK NET- 12 WORKS. 13 (a) PLAN REQUIRED.—The Under Secretary of De- 14 fense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics and the 15 Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall jointly, 16 in consultation with the Secretary of the Navy and the Sec- 17 retary of the Air Force, develop a plan to procure a secure, 18 low probability of detection data link network capability 19 with the ability to effectively operate in hostile jamming 20 environments while preserving the low observable character- 21 istics of the relevant platforms, between existing and 22 planned— 23 (1) fifth-generation combat aircraft; 24 (2) fifth-generation and fourth-generation combat 25 aircraft;

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1 (3) fifth-generation and fourth-generation combat
2 aircraft and appropriate support aircraft and other
3 network nodes for command, control, communications,
4 intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance pur-
5 poses; and
6 (4) fifth-generation and fourth-generation combat
7 aircraft and their associated network-enabled preci-
8 sion weapons.
9 (b) ADDITIONAL PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—The plan re-
10 quired by subsection (a) shall include—
11 (1) nonproprietary and open systems approaches
12 compatible with the Rapid Capabilities Office Open
13 Mission Systems initiative of the Air Force and the
14 Future Airborne Capability Environment initiative
15 of the Navy;
16 (2) a competitive acquisition process, to include
17 comparative flight demonstrations in realistic air-
18 borne environments; and
19 (3) low risk and affordable solutions with mini-
20 mal impact or changes to existing host platforms, and
21 minimal overall integration costs.
22 (c) BRIEFING.—Not later than February 15, 2018, the
23 Under Secretary and the Vice Chairman shall provide to
24 the congressional defense committees written documentation
25 and briefing on the plan developed under subsection (a).

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81 1 (d) LIMITATION.—Of the funds authorized to be appro- 2 priated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal 3 year 2018 for operations and maintenance for the Office 4 of the Secretary of Defense and the Office of the Chairman 5 of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, not more than 85 percent may 6 be obligated or expended until a period of 15 days has 7 elapsed following the date on which the Under Secretary 8 and Vice Chairman submits to the congressional defense 9 committees the plan required by subsection (a). 10 SEC. 232. CLARIFICATION OF SELECTION DATES FOR PILOT 11 PROGRAM FOR THE ENHANCEMENT OF THE 12 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVAL- 13 UATION CENTERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 14 DEFENSE. 15 Section 233 of the National Defense Authorization Act 16 for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–328) is amended— 17 (1) in subsection (b)(2), by striking “the enact- 18 ment of this Act” both places it appears and inserting 19 “such submittal”; and 20 (2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking “propose and 21 implement” and inserting “submit to the Assistant 22 Secretary concerned a proposal on, and implement,”.

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