PILOT PROGRAM ON MODERNIZATION AND FIELDING OF ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM WARFARE SYSTEMS AND ELECTRONIC WARFARE CAPABILITIES.

SEC. 234. [10 U.S.C. 113 note] PILOT PROGRAM ON MODERNIZATION AND FIELDING OF ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM WARFARE SYSTEMS AND ELECTRONIC WARFARE CAPABILITIES. (a) Pilot Program.— (1) In general.—The Secretary of Defense may carry out a pilot program on the modernization and fielding of electromagnetic spectrum warfare systems and electronic warfare systems. (2) Selection.—If the Secretary carries out the pilot program under paragraph (1), the Electronic Warfare Executive Committee shall select from the list described in section 240(b)(4) a total of 10 electromagnetic spectrum warfare systems and electronic warfare systems across at least two military departments for modernization and fielding under the pilot program. (b) Termination.—The pilot program authorized by subsection (a) shall terminate on September 30, 2023. (c) Funding.—For the purposes of this pilot program, funds authorized to be appropriated for electromagnetic spectrum warfare and electronic warfare may be used for the development and fielding of electromagnetic spectrum warfare systems and electronic warfare capabilities. (d) Definitions.—In this section: (1) The term “electromagnetic spectrum warfare” means electronic warfare that encompasses military communications and sensing operations that occur in the electromagnetic operational domain. (2) The term “electronic warfare” means military action involving the use of electromagnetic and directed energy to control the electromagnetic spectrum or to attack the enemy.