Sec. 222. Pilot program on establishment of a test and evaluation cell within the Defense Innovation Unit
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The Director of the Defense Innovation Unit shall carry out a pilot program under which the Director— develops an alternative testing and evaluation pathway to accelerate the testing and evaluation of technologies that have the potential to provide warfighting capabilities to the Department of Defense in the near-term and mid-term timeframes; and establishes a cell of dedicated personnel within the Unit to manage and implement the alternative testing and evaluation pathway developed under paragraph (1).
In carrying out the pilot program under subsection (a), the Director of the Defense Innovation Unit shall— conduct continuous and iterative test and evaluation of technologies that have the potential to provide warfighting capabilities to the Department of Defense in the near-term and mid-term timeframes, including— commercial dual use technologies; technologies that are not integrated into an established program of record; technologies that have not been fully fielded; software-based technologies; and such other technologies as the Director determines appropriate; use tools and technologies to emulate operationally relevant threat scenarios and conditions; and integrate the development of concepts of operations and concepts of employment with testing and evaluation activities conducted under the program to ensure early alignment between capability development and future concepts of operations and concepts of employment.
The Director of the Defense Innovation Unit shall carry out the pilot program under subsection (a), in consultation with— service-level innovation organizations; research laboratories of the Armed Forces; the combatant commands; the Joint Staff; the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment; the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering; the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation; the Director of the Test Resource Management Center; industry partners; and Federal, State, local, and international partners with test and evaluation infrastructure.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and on an annual basis thereafter through the termination date specified in subsection (e), the Director of the Defense Innovation Unit shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a briefing on the status of the pilot program under subsection (a). The pilot program under subsection
(a)shall terminate on December 31, 2028.