COLLABORATIVE PROGRAM FOR DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTROMAGNETIC GUN TECHNOLOGY.

SEC. 211. COLLABORATIVE PROGRAM FOR DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTROMAGNETIC GUN TECHNOLOGY.(a) Program Required.—The Secretary of Defense shall establish and carry out a collaborative program for evaluation and demonstration of advanced technologies and concepts for advanced gun systems that use electromagnetic propulsion for direct and indirect fire applications.(b) Description of Program.—The program under subsection (a) shall be carried out collaboratively pursuant to a memorandum of agreement to be entered into among the Director of Defense Research and Engineering, the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, the Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, and other appropriate officials of the Department of Defense, as determined by the Secretary. The program shall include the following activities:(1) Identification of technical objectives, quantified technical barriers, and enabling technologies associated with development of the objective electromagnetic gun systems envisioned to meet the needs of each of the Armed Forces and, in so doing, identification of opportunities for development of components or subsystems common to those envisioned gun systems.(2) Preparation of a plan and schedule for development of electromagnetic gun systems for military applications, which—(A) includes the programs currently planned within the Department of Defense;(B) describes how enabling technologies common to such programs are developed and utilized; and(C) provides estimated dates for decision points, prototype demonstrations, and transitions of technologies to acquisition programs.(3) Identification of a strategy for the participation of industry in the program.(c) Matters Included.—The advanced technologies and concepts included under the program may include, but are not limited to, the following:(1) Advanced electrical power, energy storage, and switching systems.(2) Electromagnetic launcher materials and construction techniques for long barrel life.(3) Guidance and control systems for electromagnetically launched projectiles.117 STAT. 1416(4) Advanced projectiles and other munitions for electromagnetic gun systems.(5) Hypervelocity terminal effects.(d) Transition of Technologies.—The Secretary of Defense shall encourage the transition of technologies developed under the program under subsection (a) into appropriate acquisition programs of the military departments.(e) Report.—Not later than March 31, 2004, the Director of Defense Research and Engineering, in collaboration with the other officials who entered into the memorandum of agreement under subsection (b), shall submit a report to the congressional defense committees on the implementation of the program under subsection (a). The report shall include the following:(1) A description of the memorandum of agreement entered into under subsection (b).(2) The plan and schedule required by subsection (b)(2).(3) A description of the goals and objectives of the program.(4) Identification of funding required for fiscal years 2004 and 2005 and for the future-years defense program to carry out the program.(5) A description of a plan for industry participation in the program.