Sec. 882. Pilot program on use of reverse engineering for production of parts
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Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall, in coordination with the Secretaries of the military departments and the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency, commence carrying out a pilot program to assess the feasibility and advisability of producing parts through reverse engineering or re-engineering. In carrying out the pilot program required by subsection (a), the Under Secretary shall, in coordination with the Secretaries of the military departments and the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency— identify parts for which technical data is not available; and create streamlined procedures for production of a part identified under paragraph
(1)through reverse engineering or re-engineering— when production of the part may be required under a condition of contested logistics and necessitate point of use manufacturing; where the developer of the part will not meet the schedule for deliver required by the contracting officer to maintain weapon system readiness or responsiveness in the event of mobilization; or when the head of the contracting activity applicable to the part certifies in writing that the Department would benefit from production of the part through reverse engineering or re-engineering to sustain training or operations for sole-source parts. Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter until the date specified in subsection (d), the Under Secretary shall, in coordination with the Secretaries of the military departments and the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency, submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the pilot program carried out under subsection (a). The report submitted pursuant to paragraph
(1)shall include the following: A list of parts produced through reverse engineering or re-engineering, disaggregated by military department and component of the Department of Defense, including the use case of each part and whether the part was previously procured under a sole-source. An identification of cost or time saving that was obtained through the use of reverse engineering or re-engineering for the production of a part under the pilot program. Recommendations and lessons learned from the pilot program that can inform contracting guidance and procedures, especially regarding the procurement of technical data rights. The pilot program required by subsection
(a)shall terminate on December 31, 2030.