DEVELOPMENT OF DEPLOYABLE SYSTEMS TO INCLUDE CONSIDERATION OF FORCE PROTECTION IN ASYMMETRIC THREAT ENVIRONMENTS.

SEC. 141. DEVELOPMENT OF DEPLOYABLE SYSTEMS TO INCLUDE CONSIDERATION OF FORCE PROTECTION IN ASYMMETRIC THREAT ENVIRONMENTS.(a) Requirement for Systems Development.—The Secretary of Defense shall require that the Department of Defense regulations, directives, and guidance governing the acquisition of covered systems be revised to require that—(1) an assessment of warfighter survivability and of system suitability against asymmetric threats shall be performed as part of the development of system requirements for any such system; and(2) requirements for key performance parameters for force protection and survivability shall be included as part of the documentation of system requirements for any such system.(b) Covered Systems.—In this section, the term “covered system” means any of the following systems that is expected to be deployed in an asymmetric threat environment:(1) Any manned system.(2) Any equipment intended to enhance personnel survivability.(c) Inapplicability of Development Requirement to Systems Already Through Development.—The revisions pursuant subsection (a) to Department of Defense regulations, directives, and guidance shall not apply to a system that entered low-rate initial production before the date of the enactment of this Act.(d) Deadline for Policy Revisions.—The revisions required by subsection (a) to Department of Defense regulations, directives, 118 STAT. 1830 and guidance shall be made not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.