REQUIREMENTS FOR THE UNMANNED MARITIME AUTONOMY ARCHITECTURE.

SEC. 1031. REQUIREMENTS FOR THE UNMANNED MARITIME AUTONOMY ARCHITECTURE. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall— (1) provide a forum and resources to facilitate industry participation in the creation and management of a vendor-agnostic and platform-agnostic modular open systems architecture and associated standards for maritime unmanned systems; (2) adopt or join a governance model for the standards described in paragraph (1) that includes Government and industry participation; (3) implement a frequent or continuous process for incorporating industry feedback into the standards described in paragraph (1) and conforming those standards with leading industry practices; (4) for each relevant Navy program or contract, tailor the standards described in paragraph (1) to the minimum standards necessary to enable desired operational capabilities for the program or contract; and (5) label and distribute the standards described in paragraph (1) as open, publicly releasable information, to the greatest extent possible.