Sec. 1611. Plan on pilot program for deployment of dedicated X-band small satellite communications
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Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict and the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration, shall jointly submit to the congressional defense committees a plan for a pilot program for the deployment of dedicated X-band small satellite communications technologies that may support current and future requirements of special operations forces. The plan submitted under paragraph
(1)shall include the following: A description of authorities that would be used to execute the proposed pilot program. A timeline for the implementation and duration of the proposed pilot program. An identification of the dedicated X-band small satellite communication technologies required to implement the proposed pilot program. The costs, per fiscal year, for the development, deployment, and operations of the proposed pilot program. A comprehensive description and assessment of the proposed pilot program. Such recommendations for legislative or administrative action the Assistant Secretaries jointly determine appropriate, including the feasibility of— extending the term of the proposed pilot program; or expanding the proposed pilot program to other activities of the Department of Defense beyond special operations forces. The term special operations forces means forces described under section 167(j) of title 10, United States Code.