Sec. 1551. Integration of electronic warfare into Tier 1 and Tier 2 joint training exercises
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During fiscal years 2023 through 2027, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall require that offensive and defensive electronic warfare capabilities be integrated into Tier 1 and Tier 2 joint training exercises. The Chairman shall require exercises conducted under subsection
(a)to include an opposing force design based on a current intelligence assessment of the electronic warfare order of battle and capabilities of an adversary. The Chairman may waive the requirement under subsection
(a)with respect to an exercise if the Chairman determines that— the exercise does not require— a demonstration of electronic warfare capabilities; or a militarily significant threat from electronic warfare attack; or the integration of offensive and defensive electronic warfare capabilities into the exercise is cost prohibitive or not technically feasible based on the overall goals of the exercise. Concurrent with the submission of the budget of the President to Congress pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, for fiscal years 2023 through 2027, the Chairman shall provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing on exercises conducted under subsection
(a)that includes— a description of such exercises planned and included in the budget submission for that fiscal year; and the results of each such exercise conducted in the preceding fiscal year, including— the extent to which offensive and defensive electronic warfare capabilities were integrated into the exercise; an evaluation and assessment of the exercise to determine the impact of the adversary on the participants in the exercise, including— joint lessons learned; high interest training issues; and high interest training requirements; and whether offensive and defense electronic warfare capabilities were part of an overall joint fires and, if so, a description of how. In this section: The term joint fires has the meaning of that term as used in the publication of the Joint Staff entitled, Insights and Best Practices Focus Paper on Integration and Synchronization of Joint Fires , and dated July 2018. The term Tier 1 and Tier 2 , with respect to joint training exercises, have the meanings given those terms in the Joint Training Manual for the Armed Forces of the United States (Document No. CJCSM 3500.03E), dated April 20, 2015.