Sec. 240. Report on potential for increased utilization of the Electronic Proving Grounds testing range
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Congress finds the following: The Electronic Proving Grounds located at Fort Huachuca, Arizona is unique within the Department of Defense because of its naturally quiet electromagnetic environment, its specialized facilities, its close relationship with the Army training community, and its access to the expansive real-estate of southern Arizona. The Electronic Proving Grounds has access to 70,000 acres at Ft. Huachuca, 23,000 acres on Wilcox Dry Lake, more than 100,000 acres at Gila Bend, and with prior coordination, approximately 62 million acres of Federal and State-owned land.
Live electronic warfare training is not possible at the majority of military installations in the continental United States including the National Training Center. The Electronic Proving Grounds has the capacity to handle additional testing as well as the capability for realistic electronic warfare training Not later than February 1, 2023, the Secretary of the Army shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the Electronic Proving Grounds testing range located at Fort Huachuca, Arizona.
The report under subsection
(b)shall address— the amount and types of testing activities conducted at the Electronic Proving Grounds testing range; any shortfalls in the facilities and equipment of the range; the capacity of the range to be used for additional testing activities; the possibility of using the range for the testing activities of other Armed Forces, Federal agencies, and domestic companies; the capacity of the range to be used for realistic electronic warfare training; electronic warfare training restrictions at domestic military installations generally; and the feasibility and advisability of providing a dedicated training area for electronic warfare units. In preparing the report under subsection (b), the Secretary of the Army shall coordinate with the following: The Director of Operational Test and Evaluation of the Department of Defense. The governments of Cochise County and Sierra Vista, Arizona.