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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 · Sec. 221

Sec. 221. SUSTAINMENT OR REPLACEMENT OF BLUE DEVIL INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE CAPABILITIES

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## SEC. 221 SUSTAINMENT OR REPLACEMENT OF BLUE DEVIL INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE CAPABILITIES ###
(a)Plan to Retain Capability The Secretary of the Air Force shall develop a plan to sustain the operational capabilities of the Blue Devil 1 Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Systems (in this section referred to as “Blue Devil 1 system”), including precision signal geolocation, by— ####
(1)procuring the existing Blue Devil 1 system; ####
(2)developing a new system; or ####
(3)basing a new system on capabilities that are adapted and integrated from existing programs and programs being developed. ###
(b)Report Required Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on— ####
(1)the potential cost of procuring, operating, and sustaining current Blue Devil 1 systems for fiscal years 2014 through 2019, including costs relating to procurement, research and development, personnel, operation and maintenance, and military construction; ####
(2)the ability of other current platforms and subsystems as of the date of the report to provide intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance support similar to the support provided by the current Blue Devil 1 system; and ####
(3)a listing of programs of the Air Force and other programs of the Department of Defense in development as of the date of the report that could provide such similar support in the future. ###
(c)Requirement to Coordinate In preparing the report under subsection (b), the Secretary shall— ####
(1)coordinate with the Commander of the United States Special Operations Command regarding the operational needs of the United States Special Operations Command; and ####
(2)coordinate with the Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency with respect to information regarding the transfer to the Air Force of the technology developed under the wide-area network detection program for operational integration of wide-area motion imagery and near-vertical direction-finding data for effective target detection, identification, and tracking for potential incorporation, as practical and appropriate, into other platforms. ###
(d)Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined In this section, the term “appropriate congressional committees” means— ####
(1)the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and ####
(2)the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives. ## Subtitle C Missile Defense Programs
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