Sec. 357. Pilot program for advanced manufacturing in the Indo-Pacific region
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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy and in coordination with the Commander of the United States Indo-Pacific Command, shall carry out a pilot program under which the Secretary— establishes a public-private partnership to develop an advanced manufacturing facility on or near a military installation within the area of responsibility of the United States Indo-Pacific Command capable of meeting flexible manufacturing requirements to support the submarine and shipbuilding industrial base and related emerging needs of the commanders of the combatant commands and the commanders of other components of the Armed Forces; fosters partnerships between industry, local universities, and workforce training programs to develop a local workforce in the vicinity of such facility capable of meeting advanced manufacturing demands; coordinates requirements from the Submarine Industrial Base Task Force, the United States Indo-Pacific Command, the Innovation Capability and Modernization Office of the Department of Defense, and the Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment program of the Department; manufactures unmanned vehicles, including surface and underwater vehicles, and develops ship maintenance capabilities; and is responsive to needs across the uniformed services and the defense industrial base.
The advanced manufacturing facility and workforce training program required under the pilot program under subsection
(a)shall— be capable of additively manufacturing metal structures at least 10 feet in diameter and 50 feet long; be able to manufacture systems and components that— use wire-arc additive manufacturing, powder bed fusion manufacturing, cold spray manufacturing, or other similar manufacturing capabilities; and maintain a local machining capability; be able to maintain a production capability across the six critical materials of the Navy in order to respond to emerging repair and production requirements during conflict; and ensure broad participation in the workforce training program by establishing the facility either outside of a military installation (but very close to a military installation) or onboard a military installation with readily available access to a civilian trainee workforce. The requirement to carry out the pilot program under subsection
(a)shall terminate on the date that is five years after the date on which the Secretary establishes the pilot program. Not later than December 1 of each year in which the pilot program under subsection
(a)is carried out, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report summarizing the actions taken under the pilot program during the preceding year, including information on how the pilot program is supporting initiatives of the United States Indo-Pacific Command. In this section, the term advanced manufacturing means a manufacturing process utilizing the following techniques: Additive manufacturing. Wire-arc additive manufacturing. Powder bed fusion manufacturing. Other similar manufacturing capabilities.