Sec. 240. STRATEGY FOR IMPROVING ELECTRONIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM WARFARE CAPABILITIES

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## SEC. 240 STRATEGY FOR IMPROVING ELECTRONIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM WARFARE CAPABILITIES ###

(a)Strategy Required Not later than April 1, 2017, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, acting through the Electronic Warfare Executive Committee, shall submit to the congressional defense committees a strategy on the electronic and electromagnetic spectrum warfare capabilities of the Department of Defense. ###

(b)Elements The strategy required by subsection

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

(1)A strategy for advancing and accelerating research, development, test, and evaluation, and fielding, of electronic warfare capabilities to meet current and projected requirements, including intra-service ground and air interoperabilities, as well as recommendations for streamlining acquisition processes with respect to such capabilities. ####

(2)A methodology for synchronizing and overseeing electronic warfare strategies, operational concepts, and programs across the Department of Defense, including electronic warfare programs that support or enable cyber operations. ####

(3)A description of the training and operational support required for fielding and sustaining current and planned investments in electronic warfare capabilities, including the requirements for conducting large-scale simulated exercises and training in contested electronic warfare environments. ####

(4)A comprehensive list of investments of the Department of Defense in electronic warfare capabilities, including the capabilities to be developed, procured, or sustained in— #####

(A)the budget of the President for fiscal year 2018 submitted to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code; and #####

(B)the future-years defense program submitted to Congress under section 221 of title 10, United States Code, for that fiscal year. ####

(5)A description of the threat environment for electromagnetic spectrum for current and future warfare needs. ####

(6)An assessment of progress on increasing interoperability between Services and Agencies, as well as increasing application of innovative electromagnetic spectrum warfighting methods and operational concepts that provide advantages within the electromagnetic spectrum operational domain. ####

(7)Specific attributes needed in future electronic and electromagnetic spectrum warfare capabilities, such as networking, adaptability, agility, multifunctionality, and miniaturization, and progress toward incorporating such attributes in new electronic warfare systems. ####

(8)Capability gaps with respect to asymmetric and near-peer adversaries identified pursuant to a capability gap assessment. ####

(9)A joint strategy on achieving near real-time system adaption to rapidly advancing modern digital electronics. ####

(10)Any other information the Secretary determines to be appropriate. ###

(c)Form The strategy required by subsection

(a)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. ###

(d)Electronic Warfare Executive Committee Defined In this section the term “Electronic Warfare Executive Committee” means the committee established on March 17, 2015, and chartered on August 11, 2015, by the Deputy Secretary of Defense to serve as the principal forum within the Department of Defense to inform, coordinate, and evaluate electronic warfare matters to maintain a strong technological advantage in United States capabilities.