Sec. 229. AGILITY PRIME TRANSITION WORKING GROUP

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## SEC. 229 AGILITY PRIME TRANSITION WORKING GROUP ###

(a)Establishment Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, in coordination with the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering and the Director of the Defense Innovation Unit, shall establish a working group to be known as the “Agility Prime Transition Working Group” (referred to in this section as the “Working Group”). ###

(b)Duties The duties of the Working Group shall include the following: ####

(1)To develop and implement a strategy to transition capabilities developed under the Agility Prime program of the Air Force to program executive offices of the covered Armed Forces, as appropriate. ####

(2)To provide a forum for members of the Working Group to coordinate activities relating to hybrid and electric vertical takeoff and landing capabilities developed under the Agility Prime program, including— #####

(A)research, development, testing, and evaluation activities; #####

(B)demonstration activities; and #####

(C)activities to transition such capabilities from the research and development phase into operational use within the covered Armed Forces, as appropriate. ####

(3)To identify programs, projects, activities, and requirements of the covered Armed Forces that may be supported by technologies and capabilities developed under the Agility Prime program, including hybrid and electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, advanced air mobility platforms, autonomous flight capabilities, test and evaluation software, and related technologies. ####

(4)To identify requirements of the combatant commands and the covered Armed Forces that align with previous, ongoing, or planned efforts under the Agility Prime program. ####

(5)To assess whether previous, ongoing, or planned efforts under the Agility Prime program and other vertical take off and landing aircraft capability development efforts align with other current, planned, or future acquisition programs of the covered Armed Forces. ####

(6)Identify any changes to doctrine, organization, training, materiel, leadership, personnel, facilities, and policy (commonly known as “DOTMLPF–P”) required to successfully integrate hybrid and electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft platforms into future force design. ####

(7)To assist the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment in preparing the reports required under subsection (g). ###

(c)Membership The Working Group shall be composed of representatives from the following organizations: ####

(1)The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment. ####

(2)The military departments. ####

(3)The Joint Chiefs of Staff. ####

(4)The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering. ####

(5)The Defense Innovation Unit. ####

(6)The Office of Strategic Capital. ####

(7)The United States Special Operations Command. ####

(8)The United States Transportation Command. ####

(9)Such other organizations and elements of the Department of Defense as the Chairperson of the Working Group determines appropriate. ###

(d)Chairperson The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, or the designee of the Under Secretary, shall serve as the Chairperson of the Working Group. ###

(e)Meetings The Working Group shall meet not less frequently than twice each year at the call of the Chairperson. ###

(f)Termination The working group shall terminate on September 30, 2027. ###

(g)Annual Reports Not later than September 30, 2025, and not later than September 30 of each year thereafter through 2027, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the efforts of the Working Group. Each report shall include, with respect to the year covered by the report, information on— ####

(1)any funding under the categories of research, development, test, and evaluation, procurement, or operation and maintenance that is expected to be used for further development or procurement of hybrid and electric vertical takeoff and landing capabilities in the fiscal year of the report and the in the following fiscal year; ####

(2)any planned transitions of hybrid and electric vertical takeoff and landing technologies to— #####

(A)acquisition programs of the covered Armed Forces; or #####

(B)research, development, test, and evaluation programs of the covered Armed Forces. ####

(3)any actions taken by the Working Group; ####

(4)any milestones achieved by the Working Group; and ####

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

(h)Definitions In this section: ####

(1)The term “Agility Prime program” means the program of the Air Force under which the Air Force is developing hybrid and electric vertical takeoff and landing capabilities in collaboration with partners in commercial industry and other sectors. ####

(2)The term “covered Armed Forces” means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Space Force.