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Code · BILL · 114th Congress · S. 2943 (Placed on Calendar Senate) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military c... · Sec. 897

Sec. 897. Enhancement of electronic warfare capabilities

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Funds authorized to be appropriated for electromagnetic spectrum warfare systems and electronic warfare may be used for the development and fielding of electromagnetic spectrum warfare systems and electronic warfare capabilities. Section 806(c)(1) of the Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 ( Public Law 107–314 ; 10 U.S.C. 2302 note) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: In the case of any supplies and associated support services that, as determined in writing by the Secretary of Defense without delegation, are urgently needed to eliminate a deficiency in electronic warfare that if left unfilled is likely to result in critical mission failure, the loss of life, property destruction, or economic effects, the Secretary may use the procedures developed under this section in order to accomplish the rapid acquisition and deployment of needed offensive or defensive electronic warfare capabilities, supplies, and associated support services.
The Secretary of Defense shall ensure, to the extent practicable, that for the purposes of electronic warfare acquisition, the Department of Defense shall consider use of the following procedures: The rapid acquisition authority provided under this section. Use of other transactions authority provided under section 2371 of title 10, United States Code. The acquisition of commercial items using simplified acquisition procedures. The authority for procurement for experimental purposes provided under section 2373 of title 10, United States Code.
The rapid fielding or rapid prototyping acquisition pathways under section 804 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 ( Public Law 114–92 ; 10 U.S.C. 2302 note). In this subparagraph, the term electronic warfare means military action involving the use of electromagnetic and directed energy to control the electromagnetic spectrum or to attack the enemy, and includes electromagnetic spectrum warfare, which encompasses military communications and sensing operations that occur in the electromagnetic operational domain. .
Section 2373 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (a), by striking and aeronautical supplies and inserting , aeronautical supplies, and electronic warfare ; and by adding at the end of the following new subsection: The term electronic warfare means military action involving the use of electromagnetic and directed energy to control the electromagnetic spectrum or to attack the enemy, and includes electromagnetic spectrum warfare, which encompasses military communications and sensing operations that occur in the electromagnetic operational domain. .
Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Electronic Warfare Executive Committee shall submit to the congressional defense committees a strategic plan with measurable and timely objectives to achieve its mission according to the following metrics: Progress on intra-service ground and air interoperabilities. Progress in streamlining the requirements, acquisition, and budget process to further a rapid electronic warfare acquisition process. The efficiency and effectiveness of the acquisition process for priority electronic warfare items.
The training methods and requirements of the military services for training in contested electronic warfare environments. Capability gaps with respect to near-peer adversaries identified pursuant to a capability gap assessment. A joint strategy on achieving near real-time system adaption to rapidly advancing modern digital electronics. Progress on increasing innovative electromagnetic spectrum warfighting methods and operational concepts that provide advantages within the electromagnetic spectrum operational domain.
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