Sec. 1650. REVIEW OF ENGINEERING AND MANUFACTURING DEVELOPMENT CONTRACT FOR GROUND-BASED STRATEGIC DETERRENT PROGRAM

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## SEC. 1650 REVIEW OF ENGINEERING AND MANUFACTURING DEVELOPMENT CONTRACT FOR GROUND-BASED STRATEGIC DETERRENT PROGRAM ###

(a)Review ####

(1)Requirement Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force, in coordination with the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, shall seek to enter into a contract with a federally funded research and development center to conduct a review of the implementation and the execution of the engineering and manufacturing development phase for the ground-based strategic deterrent program. ####

(2)Matters included The review under paragraph

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

(A)An analysis of the ability of the Air Force to implement industry best practices regarding digital engineering during the engineering and manufacturing development phase of the ground-based strategic deterrent program. #####

(B)An assessment of the opportunities offered by the adoption by the Air Force of digital engineering processes and of the challenges the Air Force faces in implementing such industry best practices. #####

(C)A review of the ability of the Air Force to leverage digital engineering during such engineering and manufacturing development phase. #####

(D)A review of any options that may be available to the Air Force during the engineering and manufacturing development phase of the ground-based strategic deterrent program to— ######

(i)reduce cost and introduce long-term sustainment efficiencies; and ######

(ii)stimulate competition within the operations and maintenance phase of the program. #####

(E)Recommendations to improve the cost, schedule, and program management of the engineering and manufacturing development phase for the ground-based strategic deterrent program. ####

(3)Provision of information The Secretary shall provide to the individuals conducting the review under paragraph

(1)all information necessary for the review. ####

(4)Security clearances The Secretary shall ensure that each individual who conducts the review under paragraph

(1)holds a security clearance at the appropriate level for such review. ###

(b)Report Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report containing the review under subsection (a)(1). The report shall be submitted in unclassified form and shall include a classified annex. ###

(c)Briefing Not later than 90 days after the date on which the Secretary submits the report under subsection (b), the Secretary shall provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing on— ####

(1)plans of the Air Force for implementing any of the recommendations contained in the review under subsection (a)(1); and ####

(2)an explanation for rejecting any recommendations contained in the review that the Secretary elects not to implement.