Sec. 239. AIRBORNE DATA LINK PLAN

258 words·~1 min read·/statute-compilations/comps-11831/sec-239

A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.

## SEC. 239 AIRBORNE DATA LINK PLAN ###

(a)Plan Required The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics and the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall jointly, in consultation with the Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of the Air Force, develop a plan— ####

(1)to provide objective survivable communications gateways to enable— #####

(A)the secure dissemination of national and tactical intelligence information to fourth-generation fighter aircraft and supporting airborne platforms and to low-observable penetrating platforms such as the F-22 and F-35 aircraft; and #####

(B)the secure reception and dissemination of sensor data from low-observable penetrating aircraft, such as the F-22 and F-35 aircraft; ####

(2)to provide secure data sharing between the fifth-generation fighter aircraft of the Navy, the Air Force, and the Marine Corps, with minimal changes to the outer surfaces of the aircraft and to aircraft operational flight programs; and ####

(3)to enable secure data sharing between fifth-generation and fourth-generation aircraft in jamming environments. ###

(b)Additional Plan Requirements The plan under subsection

(a)shall include non-proprietary and open systems approaches that are compatible with the rapid capabilities office open mission systems initiative of the Air Force and the future airborne capability environment initiative of the Navy. ###

(c)Briefing Not later than February 15, 2016, the Under Secretary and the Vice Chairman shall jointly provide to the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate a briefing on the plan under subsection (a).