Sec. 855. Mission integration management
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The Secretary of Defense shall establish mission integration management activities for each mission area specified in subsection (b). The mission areas specified in this subsection are mission areas that involve multiple Armed Forces and multiple programs and, at a minimum, include the following: Close air support. Air defense and offensive and defensive counter-air. Interdiction. Intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance. Any other overlapping mission area of significance, as jointly designated by the Deputy Secretary of Defense and the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for purposes of this subsection.
Mission integration management activities shall be performed by qualified personnel from the acquisition and operational communities. The mission integration management activities for a mission area under this section shall include— development of technical infrastructure for engineering, analysis, and test, including data, modeling, analytic tools, and simulations; the conduct of tests, demonstrations, exercises, and focused experiments for compelling challenges and opportunities; overseeing the implementation of section 2446c of title 10, United States Code; sponsoring and overseeing research on and development of (including tests and demonstrations) automated tools for composing systems of systems on demand; developing mission-based inputs for the requirements process, assessment of concepts, prototypes, design options, budgeting and resource allocation, and program and portfolio management; and coordinating with commanders of the combatant commands on the development of concepts of operation and operational plans.
The mission integration management activities for a mission area under this subsection shall extend to the supporting elements for the mission area, such as communications, command and control, electronic warfare, and intelligence. There is authorized to be made available annually such amounts as the Secretary of Defense determines appropriate from the Rapid Prototyping Fund established under section 804(d) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 ( Public Law 114–92 ; 10 U.S.C. 2302 note) for mission integration management activities listed in subsection (d).
The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees, at the same time as the budget for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2018 is submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, a strategy for mission integration management, including a resourcing strategy for mission integration managers to carry out the responsibilities specified in this section.
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