SEC. 1062.

Eastern Regional Range Complex demonstration project

DIVISION A · TITLE X: General Provisions · SUBTITLE D: Miscellaneous Authorities and Limitations

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SECTION TEXT · SEC. 1062.

(a) Demonstration project required

Consistent with section 1048 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 ( Public Law 119–60 ; 10 U.S.C. note prec. 4171), the Secretary of Defense shall carry out a demonstration project under which the Secretary shall—

(1)

integrate with respect to the Eastern Regional Range Complex common network solutions identified with respect to the Western Regional Range Complex;

(2)

interconnect training ranges and experimentation sites located in the Eastern Regional Range Complex region;

(3)

use such interconnected ranges and sites for the conduct of joint, multi-domain, kinetic and non-kinetic training and experimentation, including within live, virtual, and constructive environments, across the military departments; and

(4)

enhance such experimentation and training by integrating the combined operations of other Federal departments and agencies with respect to such experimentation and training.

(b) Use of existing ranges and capabilities

In carrying out the demonstration project under subsection (a), the Secretary shall use training ranges, experimentation sites, and related capabilities that are available as of the date of the enactment of this Act.

(c) Timeline for completion of initial demonstration

In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary shall complete an initial demonstration, interconnecting two or more training ranges located in the region described in subsection (a)(1) or the experimentation sites of two or more military departments located in such region, not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act.

(d) Report

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that includes the following:

(1)

A phased implementation plan and design for the interconnection of training ranges and experimentation sites required under subsection (a), including the initial demonstration required under subsection (c).

(2)

An analysis of how the design of such plan aligns with recommendations of the most recent Electromagnetic Spectrum Superiority Strategy of the Department of Defense.

(3)

An analysis of how such design architecture is expected to support high-periodicity training, testing, research, and development, including to inform future network designs and architectures capable of interconnecting and supporting future, advanced, joint, live, virtual, and constructive environments.

(4)

An analysis of the number and types of annually recurring and non-recurring training and experimentation activities conducted at training ranges and experimentation sites of the military departments located in the Eastern Regional Range Complex region.

(5)

An identification of any shortfalls in the networks, facilities, or equipment of such ranges or sites.

(6)

An analysis of any statutory or intergovernmental policy barriers to the use of the Eastern Regional Range Complex, and any recommended changes to accelerate such use.

(7)

An analysis of the capacity of the Eastern Regional Range Complex to be used for additional testing and evaluation activities.

(8)

An analysis of the possibility of using training ranges and experimentation sites located in the Eastern Regional Range Complex region as threat-relevant environments for the workforce and technology development activities of other Federal department agencies and private sector entities in the United States.

(9)

An analysis of the capacity of such ranges and sites to be used for realistic advanced cyber, electronic warfare, and information operations training in live, virtual, or constructive environments.

(10)

An analysis of electronic warfare training shortfalls at military installations located in the United States, including with respect to the ability to perform full spectrum electronic warfare training in environments considered unobservable.

(11)

An analysis of the feasibility and advisability of establishing, or expanding, dedicated training areas for electronic warfare capabilities in the United States and territories of the United States located in the Caribbean region (including in the immediate vicinity of such locations).

(e) Eastern Regional Range Complex region defined

In this section, the term Eastern Regional Range Complex region means the region encompassing the territories specified in 1048(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 ( Public Law 119–60 ; 10 U.S.C. note prec. 4171).

(f) Termination

This section shall terminate on September 30, 2029.