Sec. 122. Littoral Combat Ship

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The Secretary of the Navy shall include annually with the justification materials submitted with the budget of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, a report on Littoral Combat Ship mission packages. The report required under paragraph

(1)shall include for each mission package and increment therein the following elements: A description of the current status of and plans for development, production, and sustainment, including— currently projected versus originally estimated unit costs for each system composing the mission package; currently projected versus originally estimated development cost, procurement cost, and 20-year sustainment cost for each system composing the mission package; demonstrated versus required performance for each system composing the mission package and for the mission package as a whole; and realized and potential cost, schedule, or performance problems with such development, production, or sustainment and mitigation plans to address such problems. A description, including dates, for each developmental test, operational test, integrated test, and follow-on test event completed in the preceding fiscal year and forecast in the current fiscal year and each of the next five fiscal years. The planned initial operational capability

(IOC)date and a description of the performance level criteria that must be demonstrated to declare IOC. A description of systems that reached IOC in the preceding fiscal year and the performance level demonstrated versus the performance level required. The acquisition inventory objective listed by system. The current locations and quantities of delivered systems listed by city, State, and country. The planned locations and quantities of systems listed city, State, and country in each of the next five fiscal years. The Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics shall include with the justification materials submitted with the budget of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, for fiscal year 2018 a certification on Littoral Combat Ship mission packages. The certification required under paragraph

(1)shall include the current program of record quantity for— surface warfare

(SUW)mission packages; anti-submarine warfare

(ASW)mission packages; and mine countermeasures

(MCM)mission packages. Except as provided under paragraph (2), none of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2017 may be used to revise or deviate from revision three of the Littoral Combat Ship acquisition strategy. The Secretary of Defense may waive the limitation required under paragraph

(1)if the Secretary submits to the congressional defense committees a notification of such waiver. The waiver shall include— the rationale of the Secretary for issuing such waiver to revise or deviate from revision three of the Littoral Combat Ship acquisition strategy; a determination that a proposed revision to, or deviation from, revision three of the Littoral Combat Ship acquisition strategy is in the national security interest; a description of the specific revisions or deviations to the Littoral Combat Ship acquisition strategy; the Littoral Combat Ship acquisition strategy that is in effect following such revision or deviation; and Independent Cost Estimates prepared by the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Financial Management and Comptroller, as well as the Office of the Secretary of Defense, that compare the cost of such revision or deviation to revision three of the Littoral Combat Ship acquisition strategy. In this section: The term Littoral Combat Ship mission package means a mission module combined with the crew detachment and support aircraft. The term mission module means the mission systems (such as vehicles, communications, sensors, weapons systems) combined with support equipment (such as support containers and standard interfaces) and software (including related to the mission package computing environment and multiple vehicle communications system). Section 126 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 ( Public Law 112–239 ; 126 Stat. 1657) is amended by striking subsection (b).

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Sec. 122

Littoral Combat Ship

Pub. L.Pub. L. 112-239

Stat.126 Stat. 1657

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