Sec. 331. Material readiness metrics and objectives
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Chapter 2 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 117 the following new section: The Secretary of Defense shall issue and maintain guidance requiring the implementation and use of material readiness metrics to enable assessment of the readiness of armed forces to carry out the national defense strategy required by section 113 of this title. Guidance issued pursuant to this section shall ensure that such material readiness metrics— are based on standardized and consistent criteria; and are applied, used, recorded, and reported in same manner by all components of the Department of Defense. At a minimum, the material readiness metrics required by subsection
(a)shall address the material availability, operational availability, and material reliability of each major weapon system by designated mission design series, variant, or class. The Secretary of Defense shall establish, and annually review and revise, an objective value for each metric required by subsection
(b)as a necessary component to support the review and revision of the national defense strategy required by section 113 of this title. To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall ensure that objective values established under this subsection are unclassified. In this section: The term major weapons system has the meaning given the term major system under section 2302(5) of this title, except that such term does not include an acquisition program for a defense business system (as defined in section 2222(i)(1) of this title). The term material availability means the measure of the percentage of the total inventory of a system that is operationally capable of performing an assigned mission. The term material reliability means the probability that a covered asset will perform without failure over a specified interval. The term operational availability means the measure of the percentage of time a covered asset is operationally capable. . The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 117 the following new item: 118. Material readiness metrics and objectives. . Section 2337(b)(2)(A) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— by inserting to meet the material readiness objectives before for the weapon system ; and by inserting under section 118 of this title after weapon system . The guidance required by section 118(a) of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall be issued by not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. The material readiness objectives required by section 118(c)(1) of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall be established by not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act.