Sec. 1601. Improvements to tactically responsive space launch program
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It is the sense of Congress that— the Space Force, in collaboration with the United States Space Command, the military departments, relevant Defense Agencies and, where practicable, the National Reconnaissance Office, should continue to build on the successful Space Safari tactically responsive launch-2 mission of the Space Force, which was a pathfinder to inform concepts of operation regarding tactically responsive launches; and future efforts regarding tactically responsive launches should not be limited to only launch capabilities, but should also include all aspects that are needed for rapid reconstitution and responsiveness to urgent requirements with respect to satellite buses, payloads, operations, and ground infrastructure.
Section 1609 of the William M.
(Mac)Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 ( Public Law 116–283 ) is amended— by striking The Secretary and inserting
(a); and Program.— The Secretary by adding at the end the following new subsection: The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, shall support the tactically responsive launch program under subsection
(a)during the period covered by the future-years defense program submitted to Congress under section 221 of title 10, United States Code, in 2022 to ensure that the program addresses the following: The ability to rapidly place on-orbit systems to respond to urgent needs of the commanders of the combatant commands or to reconstitute space assets and capabilities to support national security priorities if such assets and capabilities are degraded, attacked, or otherwise impaired, including such assets and capabilities relating to protected communications and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance. The entire launch process, including with respect to launch services, satellite bus and payload availability, and operations and sustainment on-orbit. As a part of the defense budget materials (as defined in section 239 of title 10, United States Code) for fiscal year 2023, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Director of National Intelligence, shall submit to Congress a plan for the tactically responsive launch program to address the elements under paragraph (1). Such plan shall include the following: Lessons learned from the Space Safari tactically responsive launch-2 mission of the Space Force, and how to incorporate such lessons into future efforts regarding tactically responsive launches. How to achieve responsive acquisition timelines within the adaptive acquisition framework for space acquisition pursuant to section 807. Plans to address supply chain issues and leverage commercial capabilities to support future reconstitution and urgent space requirements leveraging the tactically responsive launch program under subsection (a). .
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