S.Amdt. 1938

SA 1938. Mr. MORAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe

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military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle E of title VIII, add the following:

SEC. 884. REPORT ON ARMY ACQUISITION STRATEGY FOR THE
TACTICAL NETWORK MODERNIZATION AND
TRANSPORTABLE TACTICAL COMMAND COMMUNICATIONS
TERRESTRIAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM.

(a) In General.--Not later than 60 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall
submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and
the Committee on Armed Services of the House of
Representatives a report on the Army's acquisition strategy
for the Tactical Network Modernization and Transportable
Tactical Command Communications Terrestrial Transmission
System.
(b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a)
shall include the following elements:
(1) An explanation of the rationale for delaying the TriLOS
radio modernization until the fiscal year 2018-2020 period.
(2) An estimate of the total costs associated with delaying
the modernization with regard to costs associated with
additional prototyping and Initial Operational Test and
Evaluation (IOT&E).
(3) An assessment of the GRC-245C immediate utilization
potential to meet the program objectives required by
Expeditionary Signal Battalions (ESBs) and Army units to meet
the TriLOS radio modernization as defined in the requirements
for a Terrestrial Transmission System outlined in the
operational requirements of the G-3/5/7 Directed Requirement
and Transmission Capabilities Production Document (CPD).
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