Sec. 244. Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle requirements analysis
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The Secretary of the Army shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report of analysis supporting the determination of requirements or characteristics for the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle
(OMFV)refined through the concept designs and detailed designs phases of the acquisition strategy. The report required by paragraph
(1)shall include the following: A detailed description of the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle requirements or characteristics to be utilized for the physical prototyping phase of the program. A description of the analysis conducted to finalize the requirements or characteristics to be utilized for physical prototyping of the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle. A description of Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle-equipped organizational designs analyzed through the concept design or detailed design phases. A detailed description of the analysis conducted, trade-offs considered, and conclusions drawn with respect to the organizational design, survivability, mobility, payload, and combat effectiveness in execution of the critical operational tasks required of fighting-vehicle-equipped infantry within an armor brigade combat teams. A comparison of the combat effectiveness and survivability of Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle-equipped and Bradley Fighting Vehicle-equipped formations. The Secretary of the Army shall provide a briefing to the congressional defense committees on the elements of the report required under subsection
(a)30 days prior to its submission to the congressional defense committees. The Secretary of the Army shall not enter into contract for the development of physical prototypes of the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle or otherwise named next-generation infantry fighting vehicle until 30 days after the Secretary submits to the congressional defense committees the report required under subsection (a).