Sec. 1605. Responsive space demonstrations
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It is the sense of Congress that demonstrating the ability of the United States to rapidly respond to adversarial threats to the space systems of the United States serves as a compelling strategic deterrent to adversaries and informs how responsive, resilient, and affordable space and launch capabilities can help counter growing adversarial threats on an operationally relevant timeline. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Chief of Space Operations and the Commander of the United States Space Command, shall establish a program to demonstrate responsive space capabilities through operational exercises, wargames, and table-top exercises.
In carrying out the program under subsection (b), the Secretary shall conduct a rapid reconstitution deterrence demonstration mission to— design, develop, and understand the benefit of rapid space reconstitution and space augmentation; simulate real-world scenarios through wargames and table-top exercises, including contested environment scenarios, in which threats to the space capabilities of the United States may be offset or mitigated by responsive space capabilities; validate the ability to provide an end-to-end responsive space mission with responsive launch, satellite deployment, and data to users within rapid mission call-up timelines; and integrate such launches with the joint force under simulated contested conditions through the rapid deployment of launch infrastructure to existing Major Range and Test Facility Bases.
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the mission under paragraph (1), including— an assessment of the mission with respect to the operational and strategic benefits to the space-related missions of the Department of Defense; a proposed organization and management structure of the mission; a timeline for implementing the demonstrations under the mission; and budget estimates and financial forecast for the demonstrations.