STUDY ON ARMY MODULARITY.

SEC. 344. STUDY ON ARMY MODULARITY.(a) Study.—(1) In general.—Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall enter into a contract with a Federally Funded Research and Development Center for the conduct of a study on the current and planned modularity structures of the Army to determine each of the following:(A) The operational capability of the Army to execute the core mission of the Army to contribute land power to joint operations.(B) The ability to manage the flexibility and versatility of Army forces across the range of military operations.(C) The tactical, operational, and strategic risk associated with the heavy, medium, and light modular combat brigades and functional support and sustainment brigades.(D) The required and planned end strength for the Army.(2) Factors to consider.—The study required under subsection (a) shall take into consideration the following factors:(A) The historical experience of the Army with separate brigade structures.(B) The original Army analysis or other relevant analyses, including explicit or implicit assumptions, upon which the modular brigade combat team, functional support and sustainment brigades, and higher headquarters’ designs were based.(C) Subsequent analysis that confirmed or modified the original designs.(D) Lessons learned from Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, including an identification and analysis of how modular brigades or formations were task organized and employed that may have differed from the original modular concept and how that confirmed or modified the original designs.(E) Improvements the Army has made or is implementing in brigade and headquarters designs.(F) The deployability, employability, and sustainability of modular formations compared to the corresponding pre-modular designs of such formations.(3) Access to information.—The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the Army shall ensure that the Federally Funded Research and Development Center conducting the study required under subsection (a) has access to all necessary data, records, analysis, personnel, and other resources necessary to complete the study.123 STAT. 2262(b) Report.—(1) In general.—Not later than December 31, 2010, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report containing—(A) the results of the study conducted under subsection (a), together with the comments of the Secretary of Defense on the findings contained in the study; and(B) the separate and independent comments of the Secretary of the Army on the findings contained in the study.(2) Classified annex.—The report shall be in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex.