Sec. 111. Pilot program on the use of robotic targets to enhance the lethality of the reserve components of the Army
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The Secretary of the Army shall carry out a pilot program under which the Secretary incorporates the use of moving robotic target systems into live fire training provided to select infantry units of the reserve and National Guard components of the Army. The pilot program under subsection
(a)shall be known as the Lethality and Warfighting Enhancement Program . The Secretary of the Army shall select not fewer than three military installations at which to conduct the pilot program under subsection (a). The objectives of the pilot program under subsection
(a)shall be— to increase the lethality of the combined fighting force of the Army by providing reserve component and National Guard infantry units with the opportunity to conduct realistic live fire training on state-of-the-art moving robotic target systems; and to demonstrate the effect of such training on small arms proficiency and lethality in ground combat operations. The Secretary of the Army shall select infantry units of the reserve components of the Army to participate in the pilot program under subsection
(a)taking into consideration— the past performance of the unit; the readiness status of the unit, with an emphasis on providing training to those units designated as preparing to deploy or at a similarly designated readiness status; and the likelihood that a unit would be actively deployed or commanded to conduct decisive action. The Secretary of the Army shall commence the pilot program under subsection
(a)not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. The pilot program under subsection
(a)shall terminate five years after the date of the enactment of this Act. Not later than 90 days after concluding activities under the pilot program at a military installation selected under subsection (c), the Secretary of the Army shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a briefing that includes a description of— the manner in which the program was conducted at such installation; and any results achieved under the program at such installation. The Secretary of the Army is authorized to enter into one or more contracts for the procurement of moving robotic target systems for use in the pilot program under subsection (a). Robotic target systems procured under paragraph
(1)shall be capable of— conducting multiple realistic offensive and defensive scenarios in a single training session that are consistent with combat operations; operating in an unpredictable, realistic, and reactionary fashion; objectively scoring trainee performance; maneuvering across diverse geographic landscapes, including snow, ice, soft soils, extreme heat, extreme cold, wooded terrain and offroad areas; operating at distances greater than 100 yards from the range operator; surviving live fire from 6.8 mm rounds and the Next Generation Squad Weapon of the Army; and fully functioning in all reasonably expected weather conditions.