Sec. 884. NONTRADITIONAL AND SMALL CONTRACTOR INNOVATION PROTOTYPING PROGRAM
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## SEC. 884 NONTRADITIONAL AND SMALL CONTRACTOR INNOVATION PROTOTYPING PROGRAM **[**[10 U.S.C. 2302 note](/us/usc/t10/s2302)**]** ###
(a)In General The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a pilot program for nontraditional defense contractors and small business concerns to design, develop, and demonstrate innovative prototype military platforms of significant scope for the purpose of demonstrating new capabilities that could provide alternatives to existing acquisition programs and assets. The Secretary shall establish the pilot program within the Departments of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, the Missile Defense Agency, and the United States Special Operations Command. ###
(b)Funding There is authorized to be made available $250,000,000 from the Rapid Prototyping Fund established under section 804(d) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114-92; 10 U.S.C. 2302 note) to carry out the pilot program. ###
(c)Plan ####
(1)In general The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees, concurrent with the budget for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2018, as submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, a plan to fund and carry out the pilot program in future years. ####
(2)Elements The plan submitted under paragraph
(1)shall consider maximizing use of— #####
(A)broad agency announcements or other merit-based selection procedures; #####
(B)the Department of Defense Acquisition Challenge Program authorized under section 2359b of title 10, United States Code; #####
(C)the foreign comparative test program; #####
(D)projects carried out under the Rapid Innovation Program of the Department of Defense or pursuant to a Phase III agreement (as defined in section 9(r)(2) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638(r)(2))); and #####
(E)streamlined procedures for acquisition provided under section 3602 of title 10, United States Code and procedures for alternative acquisition pathways established under section 805 of such Act (10 U.S.C. 2302 note). ###
(d)Programs To Be Included As part of the pilot program, the Secretary of Defense shall allocate up to $50,000,000 on a fixed price contractual basis for fiscal year 2017 or pursuant to the plan submitted under subsection
(c)for demonstrations of the following capabilities: ####
(1)Swarming of multiple unmanned air vehicles. ####
(2)Unmanned, modular fixed-wing aircraft that can be rapidly adapted to multiple missions and serve as a fifth generation weapons augmentation platform. ####
(3)Vertical takeoff and landing tiltrotor aircraft. ####
(4)Integration of a directed energy weapon on an air, sea, or ground platform. ####
(5)Swarming of multiple unmanned underwater vehicles. ####
(6)Commercial small synthetic aperture radar
(SAR)satellites with on-board machine learning for automated, real-time feature extraction and predictive analytics. ####
(7)Active protection system to defend against rocket-propelled grenades and anti-tank missiles. ####
(8)Defense against hypersonic weapons, including sensors. ####
(9)Unmanned ground logistics and unmanned air logistics capabilities enhancement. ####
(10)Other systems as designated by the Secretary. ###
(e)Definitions In this section: ####
(1)Nontraditional defense contractor The term “nontraditional defense contractor” has the meaning given the term in section 3014 of title 10, United States Code. ####
(2)Small business concern The term “small business concern” has the meaning given the term in section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632). ###
(f)Sunset The authority under this section expires at the close of September 30, 2026. ## Subtitle H Other Matters
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