Sec. 1027. STRATEGY ON DEVELOPMENT OF NAVAL REARM AT SEA CAPABILITY

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## SEC. 1027 STRATEGY ON DEVELOPMENT OF NAVAL REARM AT SEA CAPABILITY ###

(a)Strategy Required Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Navy shall submit to the congressional defense committees a strategy for delivering a rearm at sea capability to the surface fleet of the United States Navy. Such strategy shall include each of the following: ####

(1)A plan to develop, by not later than three years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the capability to employ rearming equipment to load missile canisters into MK 41 vertical launch system cells on Navy destroyers while operating at sea, including an identification of the current and planned investments of the Navy in technology development to achieve such capability, including the anticipated cost and schedule for such investments. ####

(2)A plan for the key milestone events and associated dates in the development of such capability. ####

(3)A plan to coordinate with allies of the United States that use variants of the United States manufactured MK 41 vertical launch system to jointly procure rearm at sea capabilities. ####

(4)An identification of any courses of action the Secretary is considering other than the plans referred to in paragraphs

(1)through

(2)to address the gap between the rearm at sea capabilities of the United States and the capabilities of other countries, including the use of uncrewed technologies. ####

(5)Such other matters as the Secretary determines appropriate. ###

(b)Briefing Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall provide to the congressional defense committees a written briefing on the development of the strategy required under (a).