Sec. 1071. Report on equipping certain ground combat units with small unmanned aerial systems
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Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretaries of the military departments, shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on equipping platoon-sized ground combat formations with group 1 or group 2 unmanned aerial systems. The report submitted pursuant to subsection
(a)shall address the following: The use of group 1 or group 2 unmanned aerial systems in the Ukraine conflict and best practices learned. The potential use of group 1 or group 2 unmanned aerial systems to augment small unit tactics and lethality in the ground combat forces. Procurement challenges, legal restrictions, training shortfalls, operational limitations, or other impediments to fielding group 1 or group 2 unmanned aerial systems at the platoon level. A plan to equip platoon-sized ground combat formations in the close combat force with group 1 or group 2 unmanned aerial systems at a basis of issue, as determined appropriate by the Secretary of the military department concerned, including a proposed timeline and fielding strategy. A plan to equip such other ground combat units with group 1 or group 2 unmanned aerial systems, as determined appropriate by the Secretary of the military department concerned.