Sec. 252. IMPROVEMENT OF THE AIR FORCE SUPPLY CHAIN

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## SEC. 252 IMPROVEMENT OF THE AIR FORCE SUPPLY CHAIN ###

(a)In General The Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics may use funds described in subsection

(b)as follows: ####

(1)For nontraditional technologies and sustainment practices (such as additive manufacturing, artificial intelligence, predictive maintenance, and other software-intensive and software-defined capabilities) to— #####

(A)increase the availability of aircraft to the Air Force; and #####

(B)decrease backlogs and lead times for the production of parts for such aircraft. ####

(2)To advance the qualification, certification, and integration of additive manufacturing into the Air Force supply chain. ####

(3)To otherwise identify and reduce supply chain risk for the Air Force. ####

(4)To define workforce development requirements and training for personnel who implement and support additive manufacturing for the Air Force at the warfighter, end-item designer and equipment operator, and acquisition officer levels. ###

(b)Funding Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2019 by section 201 for research, development, test, and evaluation for the Air Force and available for Tech Transition Program (Program Element (0604858F)), up to $42,800,000 may be available as described in subsection (a).