Sec. 235. REPORT ON TACTICAL COMBAT TRAINING SYSTEM INCREMENT II
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## SEC. 235 REPORT ON TACTICAL COMBAT TRAINING SYSTEM INCREMENT II ###
(a)Report Not later than January 29, 2016, the Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the baseline and alternatives to the Tactical Air Combat Training System
(TCTS)Increment II of the Navy. ###
(b)Contents The report under subsection
(a)shall include the following: ####
(1)An explanation of the rationale for a new start TCTS II program as compared to an incremental upgrade to the existing TCTS system. ####
(2)An estimate of total cost to develop, procure, and replace the existing Department of the Navy TCTS architecture with an encrypted TCTS II compared to upgrades to existing TCTS. ####
(3)A cost estimate and schedule comparison of achieving encryption requirements into the existing TCTS program as compared to TCTS II. ####
(4)A review of joint Department of the Air Force and the Department of the Navy investment in live-virtual-constructive advanced air combat training and planned timeline for inclusion into TCTS II architecture. ####
(5)A cost estimate to integrate F-35 aircraft with TCTS II and achieve interoperability between the Department of the Navy and Department of the Air Force. ####
(6)A cost estimate for coalition partners to achieve TCTS II interoperability within the Department of Defense. ####
(7)An assessment of risks posed by non-interoperable TCTS systems within the Department of the Navy and the Department of the Air Force. ####
(8)An explanation of the acquisition strategy for the TCTS program. ####
(9)An explanation of key performance parameters for the TCTS II program. ####
(10)Any other information the Secretary of the Navy and Secretary of the Air Force determine is appropriate to include.