Sec. 1543. Assessment of cyber-phyiscal ranges as potential National Cyber Range complexes
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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report assessing the benefits and costs of designating the cyber-physical ranges of the Department of Defense as National Cyber Range complexes or providing the treatment of such cyber-physical ranges in a manner that is similar to the treatment of a National Cyber Range complex, including— an assessment of whether to so designate one or more such cyber-physical ranges or to so treat such cyber-physical ranges; and a plan for making such designations and a plan for so treating such cyber-physical ranges, each of which shall include— the designation of an entity within the Office of the Under Secretary that is best placed to assume responsibility for the oversight, operation, and sustainment of such cyber-physical ranges; the annual funding requirements for entity designated under subparagraph
(A)to operate, sustain, and, if necessary, modernize such cyber-physical ranges; and an estimated timeline for transitioning the management of such cyber-physical ranges to the entity designated under subparagraph (A). In this section: The term cyber-physical range means a range that simulates a real-world environment across physical, logical and cyber-persona layers that can be used for research, development, testing, training and evaluation through the competition continuum. The term National Cyber Range complex means an integrated cyber range capability operated by the Department of Defense Test Resource Management Center.