Sec. 102. Satellite communications
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It is the sense of Congress that— current and future satellite communications architectures of the Department of Defense should be resilient and integrated; and to achieve these goals, such architectures should include an enterprise-level situational awareness network and capabilities to dynamically, efficiently, and seamlessly allocate satellite communications capacity and shift between frequencies and levels of protection. Section 1611(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 ( Public Law 114–92 ) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentences:
Such analysis of alternatives shall provide detailed assumptions with respect to a comparison between the full life-cycle associated costs for military and commercial satellite communications, including estimates for military and personnel costs associated with operating and maintaining Government-owned, Government-operated systems and other costs, including with respect to military construction. Such analysis of alternatives shall also consider technology development of commercial satellite communications, including high throughput capacity satellites, commercial investment, technology insertion plans, and upgrades.
Such analysis of alternatives shall also include available data and the results of the Pathfinder program of the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center and the Defense Information Systems Agency. . Such section is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: Not later than 90 days after the date on which the Secretary completes the analysis of alternatives under subsection (a), and prior to submitting the report under subsection (b), the Comptroller General of the United States shall review such analysis.
In addition to any other matters the Comptroller considers appropriate, the review shall assess whether such analysis meets the requirements of subsection (a). The Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees the review required under paragraph
(1)along with the analysis of alternatives conducted under section 1611(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 ( Public Law 114–92 ). . With respect to any satellite communications terminal acquisition program of the Department beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall ensure that— such program will field multiband terminals; any requirements developed in support of such program, including through the Joint Requirements Oversight Council or the Requirements Oversight Councils of the military departments, take into consideration the terminal user preferences. the ease of platform integration into space system design requirements, and the total cost of ownership, including sustainment costs; and the Secretary— approves any exceptions to subparagraphs
(A)and (B); and not later than 60 days after such approval, notifies the congressional defense committees of such exceptions. Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, Principal Defense Space Advisor designated under section 2279d of title 10, United States Code, as added by section 101(c)(1), and the acquisition executives of the military departments, shall develop a strategy to recapitalize legacy non-multiband satellite communications terminals to multiband satellite communications terminals. The strategy under subparagraph
(A)shall include the following: A comprehensive recapitalization schedule for all platforms in the Department of Defense using satellite communications terminals. A comprehensive list of all types of fielded non-multiband satellite communications terminals, the number of terminals currently in service, and the projected schedule for recapitalizing the terminals. The priority, by military department, of terminal recapitalization. Options for migrating the highest priority terminals in each military department to multiband terminals. Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide the congressional defense committees a briefing on the strategy developed under paragraph (2). In addition to any other amounts authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Air Force for fiscal year 2017 for research, development, test, and evaluation, Air Force, there is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $150,700,000 for the Space Modernization Initiative activities related to Protected Tactical Service development and demonstration, including for the Protected Tactical Enterprise Service initiative. Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Air Force for fiscal year 2017 for procurement, Air Force, there is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $30,000,000 for the Space and Missile Systems Center Satellite Communications Pathfinder program. In addition to any other amounts authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Air Force for any of fiscal years 2017 through 2021 for operation and maintenance, Air Force, there is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2021 to carry out the pilot program for the acquisition of commercial satellite communication services and enterprise-level ground integration efforts under section 1605 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. Buck McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 ( Public Law 113–291 ; 10 U.S.C. 2208 note), as amended by section 1612 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 ( Public Law 114–92 ). On a biannual basis, the Secretary of Defense shall provide the congressional defense committees a briefing on the progress of the following: Satellite communications Pathfinder activities. The pilot program under section 1603 of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2014 ( Public Law 113–66 ; 10 U.S.C. 2359 note). Protected Tactical Service. Any initiative regarding enterprise-level ground architecture or any other initiative the Secretary determines appropriate. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on leveraging underused Mobile User Objective System satellite communications capacities of the Department of Defense, or other narrowband communication systems, to complement the communications and command-and-control systems of the Department of Homeland Security. Such report shall include an assessment of critical command-and-control requirements and connectivity requirements and existing capability shortfalls. The Federal Communications Commission— shall ensure that commercial satellites operating in geostationary and non-geostationary orbit have primary status for access to the electromagnetic spectrum in the 27.5–28.35 gigahertz band for current and future deployments of individually licensed earth stations; and may not require commercial satellite entities to secure primary access to such band through participation in an auction or through secondary market procedures.
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