REPORT ON MATURITY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE GLOBAL INFORMATION GRID BANDWIDTH EXPANSION (GIG–BE).

SEC. 333. REPORT ON MATURITY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE GLOBAL INFORMATION GRID BANDWIDTH EXPANSION (GIG–BE).(a) Report Required.—Not later that 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on a test program to demonstrate the maturity and effectiveness of the Global Information Grid-Bandwidth Expansion (hereinafter in this section referred to as “GIG–BE”).(b) Content of Report.—In the report under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall include the following:(1) The Secretary’s determination as to whether the results of the test program described in subsection (a) demonstrate compliance of the GIG–BE architecture with the overall goals of the GIG–BE program. (2) Identification of—(A) the extent to which the GIG–BE architecture does not meet the overall goals of the GIG–BE program; and(B) the components of that architecture that are not yet sufficiently developed to achieve the overall goals of that program.(3) A plan for achieving compliance referred to in paragraph (1), together with cost estimates for carrying out that plan.(4) Documentation of the equipment and network configuration used in the test program to demonstrate real-world scenarios for the operation of the GIG–BE within the continental United States.118 STAT. 1857