Sec. 1604. Responsive satellite infrastructure
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The Secretary of Defense shall establish a domestic responsive satellite manufacturing capability for Department of Defense space operations to be used— for the development of components, systems, structures, and payloads necessary to reconstitute a national security space asset that has been destroyed, failed, or otherwise determined to be incapable of performing mission requirements; and to rapidly acquire and field necessary space-based capabilities needed to maintain continuity of national security space missions and limit capability disruption to the warfighter.
The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of the Air Force, the Chief of Space Operations, and the Commander of United States Space Command, shall develop an operational plan and acquisition strategy for responsive satellite infrastructure to swiftly identify need, develop capability, and launch a responsive satellite to fill a critical capability gap in the event of destruction or failure of a space asset or otherwise determined need. The plan outlined under subsection
(b)shall include the following: A process for determining whether the reconstitution of a space asset is necessary. The timeframe in which a developed satellite is determined to be responsive . A plan to leverage domestic commercial entities in the new space supply chain that have already demonstrated rapid satellite product development and delivery capability to meet new mission responsiveness requirements being passed down by Department of Defense prime satellite contractors in— power systems and solar arrays; payloads and integration features; and buses and structures. An assessment of acquisition requirements and standards necessary for commercial entities to meet Department of Defense validation of supply chains, processes, and technologies while operating under rapid development cycles needed to maintain a responsive timeframe as determined by paragraph (2). Such other matters as the Secretary considers appropriate. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report detailing the plan under subsection (b).