79 1 fense and may consider carrying out a pilot program under 2 another provision of this Act 3 c REPORT --Not later than March 31 2018 the Sec- 4 retary shall submit to the congressional defense committees 5 a report on the actions taken by the Secretary under sub6 section a 1 and how the process described in such sub7 section has been improved 8 9 Subtitle C--Reports and Other Matters 10 SEC 231 COMPETITIVE ACQUISITION PLAN FOR LOW PROB- 11 ABILITY OF DETECTION DATA LINK NET- 12 WORKS 13 a PLAN REQUIRED --The Under Secretary of De- 14 fense for Acquisition Technology and Logistics and the 15 Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall jointly 16 in consultation with the Secretary of the Navy and the Sec17 retary of the Air Force develop a plan to procure a secure 18 low probability of detection data link network capability 19 with the ability to effectively operate in hostile jamming 20 environments while preserving the low observable character21 istics of the relevant platforms between existing and 22 planned-- 23 1 fifth-generation combat aircraft 24 2 fifth-generation and fourth-generation combat 25 aircraft HR 2810 PAP 80 1 3 fifth-generation and fourth-generation combat 2 aircraft and appropriate support aircraft and other 3 network nodes for command control communications 4 intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance pur- 5 poses and 6 4 fifth-generation and fourth-generation combat 7 aircraft and their associated network-enabled preci- 8 sion weapons 9 b ADDITIONAL PLAN REQUIREMENTS --The plan re- 10 quired by subsection a shall include-- 11 1 nonproprietary and open systems approaches 12 compatible with the Rapid Capabilities Office Open 13 Mission Systems initiative of the Air Force and the 14 Future Airborne Capability Environment initiative 15 of the Navy 16 2 a competitive acquisition process to include 17 comparative flight demonstrations in realistic air- 18 borne environments and 19 3 low risk and affordable solutions with mini- 20 mal impact or changes to existing host platforms and 21 minimal overall integration costs 22 c BRIEFING --Not later than February 15 2018 the 23 Under Secretary and the Vice Chairman shall provide to 24 the congressional defense committees written documentation 25 and briefing on the plan developed under subsection a HR 2810 PAP 81 1 d LIMITATION --Of the funds authorized to be appro- 2 priated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal 3 year 2018 for operations and maintenance for the Office 4 of the Secretary of Defense and the Office of the Chairman 5 of the Joint Chiefs of Staff not more than 85 percent may 6 be obligated or expended until a period of 15 days has 7 elapsed following the date on which the Under Secretary 8 and Vice Chairman submits to the congressional defense 9 committees the plan required by subsection a 10 SEC 232 CLARIFICATION OF SELECTION DATES FOR PILOT 11 PROGRAM FOR THE ENHANCEMENT OF THE 12 RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT TEST AND EVAL- 13 UATION CENTERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 14 DEFENSE 15 Section 233 of the National Defense Authorization Act 16 for Fiscal Year 2017 Public Law 114-328 is amended-- 17 1 in subsection b 2 by striking ''the enact- 18 ment of this Act'' both places it appears and inserting 19 ''such submittal'' and 20 2 in subsection c 1 by striking ''propose and 21 implement'' and inserting ''submit to the Assistant 22 Secretary concerned a proposal on and implement '' HR 2810 PAP                     National Security Archive    Suite 701  Gelman Library  The George Washington University    2130 H Street  NW  Washington  D C  20037    Phone  202 994‐7000  Fax  202 994‐7005  nsarchiv@gwu edu