Sec. 866. Estimate of ally and partner demand for United States-produced munitions and specified expendables
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The Secretary of Defense shall establish an annual requirement for the production of an estimate of the demand by United States allies and partners for United States-produced munitions and specified expendables across the future-years defense plan. Each estimate required under subsection (a)— shall be disaggregated by specific munitions type and ally or partner; and shall include analytical inputs, such as— information set forth in all approved letters of offer and acceptance from foreign military sales cases; assessments of all letters of request from foreign military sales cases; estimates based on an operational analysis of foreign partner munitions needs for critical operational or contingency planning scenarios; estimates based on an analysis of wargaming results that include foreign partner contributions in the relevant scenario; and estimates based on bilateral or multilateral discussions between the United States Government and foreign governments.
Not later than March 1, 2026, the Secretary of Defense shall issue guidance for the development and collection of data necessary to support the production of the estimate required by subsection (a). The guidance required by paragraph
(1)shall include— a consideration of the manner in which the requirement for such an estimate may be leveraged to support operational and contingency planning activities, wargaming, and net assessment activities; and an analysis of the effect of the addition of such an estimate to the Out-Year Unconstrained Total Munitions Requirement required by section 222c of title 10, United States Code. Not later than March 30, 2026, the Secretary of Defense shall conduct an assessment of existing relevant Department of Defense information systems of record to determine whether any such system, or combination of such systems, may be used or modified to collect and analyze data necessary to support the production of the estimate required by subsection
(a)on an ongoing basis. The assessment required by paragraph
(1)shall take into consideration— the cost and technical challenges of adopting or adapting a system described in that paragraph, or combination of such systems, for the purpose described in that paragraph; and the estimated cost and technical challenges of establishing a new information system of record for such purpose. In this section, the term specific expendables includes— chaff; flares; sonobouys; decoys; disposable jammers; and any other expendable the Secretary of Defense considers appropriate.