Sec. 218. Investment plan for foundational capabilities needed to develop novel processing approaches for future defense applications
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Not later than November 1, 2023, and not less frequently than once every three years thereafter until December 31, 2035, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees an investment plan for foundational capabilities needed to develop novel processing approaches for future defense applications. The purpose of the investment plan required by subsection
(a)is to establish an integrated approach to the identification, prioritization, development, and leveraging of Department of Defense investments from the research, development, test, and evaluation accounts of the Department. The investment plan required by subsection
(a)shall— identify current and projected investments in research and technology development to support fielding and use of novel processing approaches; identify current and projected investments supporting the acceleration of novel processing approaches, including investments in— personnel and workforce capabilities; facilities and infrastructure to host systems utilizing novel processing approaches; algorithm developments necessary to expand the functionality from each novel processing approach; other Federal agencies and federally sponsored laboratories; and appropriate international and commercial sector organizations and activities; describe mechanisms to coordinate and leverage investments within the Department and with non-Federal partners; describe the technical goals to be achieved and capabilities to be developed under the strategy; and include recommendations for such legislative or administration action as may support the effective execution of the investment plan. Each plan submitted under subsection
(a)shall be submitted in such form as the Secretary considers appropriate, which may include classified, unclassified, and publicly releasable formats. In this section, the term novel processing approaches means— new, emerging techniques in computation, such as biocomputing, exascale computing, utility scale quantum computing; and associated algorithm and hardware development needed to instantiate such techniques.