Sec. 1616. Commercial satellite communications pathfinder program
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It is the Sense of Congress that the Secretary of the Air Force should— use the acquisition authority under the pathfinder program to acquire, from commercial providers, satellite bandwidth, ground services, and advanced services; and use the transaction authority provided by section 2371 of title 10, United States Code, to make a portion of such acquisitions. Not later than March 1, 2018, the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report that includes the views and plans of the Secretary with respect to making a portion of the acquisitions described in subsection (a)(1) using the transaction authority provided by section 2371 of title 10, United States Code.
In this section, the term pathfinder program means the commercial satellite communications programs of the Air Force designed to demonstrate the feasibility of new, alternative acquisition and procurement models for commercial satellite communications.