National Defense Authorization Act For Fiscal Year 2021
June 24,2020 | Senate Report 116-236 | TO ACCOMPANY S. 4049 |
Multi-drone multi-sensor intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capability https://www.congress.gov/116/crpt/srpt236/CRPT-116srpt236.pdf
The committee believes that it is important for the Army Research Lab to collaborate with academia and private industry to develop commercially available counter- UAS technology for force protection and other needs. https://www.congress.gov/116/crpt/srpt236/CRPT-116srpt236.pdf
P86 Development and fielding of high energy laser capabilities— Army The budget request included $58.1 million in Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E), Army, for PE 63466A Air and Missile Defense Advanced Technology. https://www.congress.gov/116/crpt/srpt236/CRPT-116srpt236.pdf
P. 88 Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems for Special Operations Forces
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Counter small unmanned aircraft systems operational demonstrations
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Directed energy test and evaluation capabilities https://www.congress.gov/116/crpt/srpt236/CRPT-116srpt236.pdf
P.92 directed energy test capabilities will soon expand from ‘‘demand for testing to address specific objectives of laboratory demonstrations’’ to ‘‘demand for testing to address requirements for validating a weapon system for operational use.’’ https://www.congress.gov/116/crpt/srpt236/CRPT-116srpt236.pdf
P 94 Direct air capture and blue carbon removal technology program The budget request included $21.4 billion in Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E), Navy, of which $122.2 million was for PE 62123N Force Protection Applied Research. The committee notes that the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92) required the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of Energy, and the heads of such other Federal agencies as the Secretary of Defense considers appropriate, to carry out a program on research, development, testing, evaluation, study, and demonstration of technologies related to blue carbon capture and direct air capture. Accordingly, the committee recommends an increase of $8.0 million in RDT&E, Navy, for PE 62123N for electric propulsion research for carbon capture. https://www.congress.gov/116/crpt/srpt236/CRPT-116srpt236.pdf
P.109 Small Satellites https://www.congress.gov/116/crpt/srpt236/CRPT-116srpt236.pdf
P 116 Stratospheric balloon research https://www.congress.gov/116/crpt/srpt236/CRPT-116srpt236.pdf
P.133 High-energy laser HEL weapons systems https://www.congress.gov/116/crpt/srpt236/CRPT-116srpt236.pdf
P 148 Budget Items Joint Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems initial operating capability acceleration The budget request included $40.3 billion in Operation and Maintenance, Army (OMA), of which $1.1 billion was for SAG 115 Land Forces Operations Support. https://www.congress.gov/116/crpt/srpt236/CRPT-116srpt236.pdf
P.554 Classified Programs
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P.568 Operation and Maintenance Overseas Contingency / Operational Meteorology https://www.congress.gov/116/crpt/srpt236/CRPT-116srpt236.pdf
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