(a) Establishment
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Commander of the United States Indo-Pacific Command, shall establish a synthetic training environment that meets the requirements of subsection (b) to support operations in the Indo-Pacific Region.
(b) Requirements
The synthetic training environment established under subsection (a) shall—
incorporate live, virtual, and constructive elements;
integrate training, testing, and simulation capabilities across the area of responsibility of the United States Indo-Pacific Command;
provide integrated synthetic training and mission rehearsal capabilities across all warfighting domains, including land, maritime, air, space, cyberspace, and the electromagnetic spectrum;
integrate and synchronize, to the maximum extent practicable, existing training, experimentation, and simulation capabilities of the Department of Defense;
enable distributed training of joint and combined forces;
support rehearsal of operational plans and crisis response;
enable experimentation for emerging capabilities;
be scalable to support additional combatant command requirements as directed by the Secretary of Defense; and
be accessible to allies and partners of the United States, consistent with applicable law and security requirements.
(c) Report to Congress
Before establishing the training environment under subsection (a), but not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that includes—
an explanation of how the Secretary intends to implement the synthetic training environment required under subsection (a);
a cost estimate for the training environment;
a plan for making the training environment accessible to allies and partners of the United States; and
an assessment of the potential effects of the training environment on readiness.