(a) Strategy required
The Secretary of the Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of the Air Force, the Secretary of the Navy, the Commander of the United States Transportation Command, and the Director of the Defense Logistics Agency, shall develop a strategy to support the sustainment and maintenance of Joint Strike Fighter aircraft in contested operating environments. Such strategy shall address, at a minimum, the following:
The transportation of spares and repair parts for such aircraft into and across contested theaters of operation.
Communications requirements necessary for the transportation of such parts in a denied, degraded, intermittent, or limited environment.
Requirements relating to relevant supply chain management software.
Prepositioned stocks of spares and repair parts for Joint Strike Fighter aircraft, including measures to ensure the currency and serviceability of ready for issue parts and to require that the statuses of such prepositioned stocks include instructions for the disposition and replacement of any such parts that are not current or ready for issue.
Spares and repair parts packages deployed on naval vessels in which Joint Strike Fighter aircraft are embarked, including measures relating to prepositioning, currency, and serviceability described in paragraph (4) with respect to spares and repair parts packages deployed on such vessels.
The incorporation of sustainment efforts for deployed Joint Strike Fighter aircraft into the framework of the Air Force for agile combat employment and the framework of the Navy for distributed maritime operations.
The international system for managing spare parts for Joint Strike Fighter aircraft commonly referred to as the global spares pool .
Support from, and coordination with, allies and partners of the United States.
(b) Report
(1) Submission to Congress
Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the strategy required under subsection (a).
(2) Form
The report required under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in an unclassified form but may include a classified annex.