OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION OF FUTURE COMBAT SYSTEMS NETWORK.

SEC. 211. OPERATIONAL TEST AND EVALUATION OF FUTURE COMBAT SYSTEMS NETWORK.(a) Operational Test and Evaluation Required.—The Secretary of the Army, in cooperation with the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation, shall complete an operational test and evaluation (as defined in section 139(a)(2)(A) of title 10, United States Code), of the FCS network in a realistic environment simulating operational conditions. The operational test and evaluation shall—(1) be conducted in accordance with a Future Combat Systems Test and Evaluation Master Plan approved by the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation;(2) be conducted using prototype equipment, sensors, and software for the FCS network;(3) be conducted in a manner that simulates a full Future Combat Systems brigade;(4) be conducted, to the maximum extent possible, using actual communications equipment instead of computer simulations;(5) be conducted in a realistic operational electronic warfare environment, including enemy electronic warfare and network attacks; and(6) include, to the maximum extent possible, all sensor information feeds the FCS network is designed to incorporate.(b) FCS Network Defined.—In this section, the term “FCS network” includes all sensors, information systems, computers, and 122 STAT. 35 communications systems necessary to support Future Combat Systems brigade operations.(c) Report.—Not later than 120 days after completing the operational test and evaluation required by subsection (a), the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the outcome of the operational test and evaluation. The report shall include, at a minimum—(1) an evaluation of the overall operational effectiveness of the FCS network, including—(A) an evaluation of the FCS network’s capability to transmit the volume and classes of data required by Future Combat Systems approved requirements; and(B) an evaluation of the FCS network’s performance in a degraded condition due to enemy network attack, sophisticated enemy electronic warfare, adverse weather conditions, and terrain variability;(2) an evaluation of the FCS network’s ability to improve friendly force knowledge of the location and capability of enemy forces and combat systems; and(3) an evaluation of the overall operational suitability of the FCS network.(d) Limitation Pending Submission of Report.—(1) In general.—No funds, with the exception of funds for advanced procurement, appropriated pursuant to an authorization of appropriations or otherwise made available to the Department of the Army for any fiscal year may be obligated for low-rate initial production or full-rate production of Future Combat Systems manned ground vehicles until 60 days after the date on which the report is submitted under subsection (c).(2) Waiver authority.—The Secretary of Defense may waive the limitation in paragraph (1) if the Secretary determines that such a waiver is critical for national security. Such a waiver shall not become effective until 45 days after the date on which the Secretary submits to the congressional defense committees a written notice of the waiver.(3) Inapplicability to the non line of sight cannon vehicle.—The limitation in paragraph (1) does not apply to the Non Line of Sight Cannon vehicle.