REPORT ON SOLID ROCKET MOTOR INDUSTRIAL BASE.

SEC. 1050. REPORT ON SOLID ROCKET MOTOR INDUSTRIAL BASE.(a) Report.—Not later than 190 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the status, capability, viability, and capacity of the solid rocket motor industrial base in the United States.(b) Content.—The report required under subsection (a) shall include the following:(1) An assessment of the ability to maintain the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile through its planned operational life.(2) An assessment of the ability to maintain the Trident II D–5 submarine launched ballistic missile through its planned operational life.(3) An assessment of the ability to maintain all other space launch, missile defense, and other vehicles with solid rocket motors, through their planned operational lifetimes.(4) An assessment of the ability to support projected future requirements for vehicles with solid rocket motors to support space launch, missile defense, or any range of ballistic missiles determined to be necessary to meet defense needs or other requirements of the United States Government.(5) An assessment of the required materials, the supplier base, the production facilities, and the production workforce needed to ensure that current and future requirements could be met.(6) An assessment of the adequacy of the current and projected industrial base support programs to support the full range of projected future requirements identified in paragraph (4).