HUMAN FACTORS MODELING AND SIMULATION ACTIVITIES.

SEC. 227. [10 U.S.C. 2358 note] HUMAN FACTORS MODELING AND SIMULATION ACTIVITIES. (a) Activities Required.—The Secretary of Defense shall develop and provide for the carrying out of human factors modeling and simulation activities designed to do the following: (1) Provide warfighters and civilians with personalized assessment, education, and training tools. (2) Identify and implement effective ways to interface and team warfighters with machines. (3) Result in the use of intelligent, adaptive augmentation to enhance decision making. (4) Result in the development of techniques, technologies, and practices to mitigate critical stressors that impede warfighter and civilian protection, sustainment, and performance. (b) Purpose.—The overall purpose of the activities shall be to accelerate research and development that enhances capabilities for human performance, human-systems integration, and training for the warfighter. (c) Participants in Activities.—Participants in the activities may include the following: (1) Elements of the Department of Defense engaged in science and technology activities. (2) Program Executive Offices of the Department. (3) Academia. (4) The private sector. (5) Such other participants as the Secretary considers appropriate.