REPORT ON CYBER AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INVESTMENTS OF THE AIR FORCE.

SEC. 244. REPORT ON CYBER AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INVESTMENTS OF THE AIR FORCE. (a) Report.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report detailing the investment strategy of the Air Force with respect to the spectrum of— (1) cyber science and technology; (2) autonomy, command and control, and decision support technologies; (3) connectivity and dissemination technologies; and (4) processing and exploitation technologies. (b) Elements.—The report under subsection (a) shall include the following: (1) An identification of the near-, mid-, and far-term science and technology priorities of the Air Force with respect to cyber and information-related technologies and the resources (including both funding and personnel) projected to address these priorities. (2) A strategy to transition the results of the science and technology priorities described in paragraph (1) into weapon systems, including cyber tools. (3) A description of how the Air Force will recruit, train, and retain a highly skilled workforce in cyber and information-related technologies, including the use of the authorities granted under the laboratory demonstration program established by section 342 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 (Public Law 103-337; 108 Stat. 2721), as most recently amended by section 1114 of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (Public Law 106-398; 114 Stat. 1654A-315). (4) A description of laboratory infrastructure and research facilities, including the Air Force Institute of Technology, that are necessary for the accomplishment of the science and technology priorities described in paragraph (1).