Sec. 843. Mission and system of systems interoperability

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In implementing section 801 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. Buck McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 ( Public Law 113–291 ; 128 Stat. 3425; 10 U.S.C. 2223a note) to enable mission integration and systems of systems interoperability, the Secretary of Defense shall— ensure that— system architectures are logically and functionally segmented and interfaces between major system elements and external-facing interfaces are identified and exposed; interfaces are characterized clearly in terms of form, function, and the content that flows across in order to enable integration and interoperability, including through automated tools; and the Department of Defense secures appropriate rights to share and publish interface characteristics; and establish modular open systems bodies and processes to support standards for interfaces that are dynamically managed, flexible, and extensible in order to enable technological innovation and performance growth over the life cycle of systems following the principles of system architecture, interface characterization, and interface publication.

Each multi-service and multi-program mission area specified in paragraph

(2)shall have a mission integration manager jointly designated by the Deputy Secretary of Defense and the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, from among the chairs of the Functional Capabilities Boards, for purposes of such mission area. The mission areas specified in this paragraph are 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 and Vice Chairman for purposes of this subsection. A chair of a Functional Capability Board may not be designated as a mission integration manager under this subsection unless the chair has an acquisition certification of level II or above. The mission integration manager for a mission area under this subsection shall act as the principal substantive advisor to the Deputy Secretary and the Vice Chairman on all aspects of capability integration for the mission area. In carrying out such responsibilities for a mission area, the mission integration manager shall— sponsor and conduct tests, demonstrations, and exercises and identify focused experiments for compelling challenges and opportunities; oversee the establishment of interface management processes described in subsection (a)(1) and standards bodies and processes described in subsection (a)(2); sponsor and oversee research on and development of (including tests and demonstrations) automated tools for composing systems of systems on demand; develop mission-based inputs for the requirements process, budgeting and resource allocation, program and portfolio management; and coordinate with commanders of the combatant commands on the development of concepts of operation and operational plans. The responsibilities of a mission integration manager 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. Of the amount authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year after fiscal year 2016 for the Department of Defense and available for operational systems development, an amount equal to 0.5 percent of such amount shall be available in such fiscal year for mission integration managers to carry out the responsibilities specified in subparagraphs

(A)through

(C)of paragraph (4).

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