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Additional measures for Navy strategy for investment in and support for the maritime industrial base

Division A · Title X: General Provisions · Subtitle B: Naval Vessels and Shipyards

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The Navy must update its strategy to include detailed plans and costs for improving the submarine and surface ship industrial bases to meet production and maintenance goals. The strategy must also clarify roles and coordination among Defense Department entities involved in supporting the maritime industrial base. Additionally, it requires an analysis of the Defense Department's ability to manage investments in this area and recommendations to increase capacity if needed.

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(1)

in subsection (a), by striking programs and inserting and sustainment ; and

(2)

by adding at the end the following new subsection:

(d) Additional measures

Not later than 180 days after the date of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027, the Secretary shall include each of the following measures in the strategy required under subsection (a):

(1)

Measures to determine a total cost and schedule for investments needed to enhance the performance of the submarine industrial base to the extent to which it can support the production of one Columbia class submarine and two Virginia class submarines each year and improve in-service submarine maintenance to achieve the goals of the Navy for operational availability.

(2)

Measures to determine a total cost and schedule for investments needed to enhance the performance of the surface ship industrial base to the extent to which it can support the goals of the Navy for surface ship construction and sustainment.

(3)

Measures to identify roles, responsibilities, and mechanism for coordination and data sharing between all entities within the Department of Defense involved in investing in and supporting the maritime industrial base.

(4)

Measures to conduct an analysis of the capacity of the Department of Defense to effectively plan for, award, and oversee investments in the maritime industrial base and, if relevant offices do not have sufficient capacity, determine how to increase capacity.