Sec. 216. ADVANCED ROTORCRAFT INITIATIVE

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## SEC. 216 ADVANCED ROTORCRAFT INITIATIVE ###

(a)In General Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics shall, in consultation with the military departments and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, submit to the congressional defense committees a report setting forth a strategy for the use of integrated platform design teams and agile prototyping approaches for the development of advanced rotorcraft capabilities. ###

(b)Elements The strategy required by subsection

(a)shall include the following: ####

(1)Mechanisms for establishing agile prototyping practices and programs, including rotorcraft X-planes, and an identification of the resources required for such purposes. ####

(2)The X-Plane Rotorcraft program of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency with performance objectives beyond those of the Joint Multi-role development program, including at least two competing teams. ####

(3)Approaches, including potential competitive prize awards, to encourage the development of advanced rotorcraft capabilities to address challenge problems such as nap-of-earth automated flight, urban operation near buildings, slope landings, automated autorotation or power-off recovery, and automated selection of landing areas. ## Subtitle C Missile Defense Programs