FY2026 NDAA, Section 1019 ("Strategy for navy investment in and support for the maritime industrial base")
Require the Secretary of the Navy to develop and implement a strategy for investing in and supporting the maritime industrial base to address shipbuilding challenges. Instruct the strategy to apply artificial intelligence to monitor and predict potential supply chain challenges, including disruptions, shortages, and delays. Focus the strategy on ensuring reliable supplies of critical components for submarine and surface shipbuilding programs. Include in the strategy measures to identify key performance indicators and centralize data collection for performance analysis. Demand submission of a report to congressional defense committees within 210 days, summarizing the strategy, implementation timelines, and expected outcomes for addressing cost and schedule challenges.
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FY2026 NDAA, Section 1019 ("Strategy for navy investment in and support for the maritime industrial base")
ETO AGORA · NDAA provisions · 2025
Summary
Require the Secretary of the Navy to develop and implement a strategy for investing in and supporting the maritime industrial base to address shipbuilding challenges.
Instruct the strategy to apply artificial intelligence to monitor and predict potential supply chain challenges, including disruptions, shortages, and delays.
Focus the strategy on ensuring reliable supplies of critical components for submarine and surface shipbuilding programs.
Include in the strategy measures to identify key performance indicators and centralize data collection for performance analysis.
Demand submission of a report to congressional defense committees within 210 days, summarizing the strategy, implementation timelines, and expected outcomes for addressing cost and schedule challenges.
Requires the Secretary of the Navy to develop a strategy to support the maritime industrial base.
SEC. 1019. STRATEGY FOR NAVY INVESTMENT IN AND SUPPORT FOR THE MARITIME INDUSTRIAL BASE. (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall develop and implement a strategy for investing in and supporting the maritime industrial base to address cost and schedule challenges for surface and submarine shipbuilding programs.
Requires application of AI to monitor and predict supply chain challenges in shipbuilding programs.
(b) Elements.--The strategy under subsection (a) shall-- (1) focus on ensuring reliable supplies of sequence critical components for submarine and surface shipbuilding programs; and (2) include measures-- (A) to identify key performance indicators to measure return on investment; (B) to centralize data collection to support further analysis of maritime industrial base performance; and (C) to apply artificial intelligence to monitor and predict potential supply chain challenges, including potential disruptions, material shortages, delivery delays, and other such factors.
Requires the Secretary of the Navy to report to Congress on strategy for shipbuilding programs.
(c) Report.--Following completion of the strategy required under subsection (a), but not later than 210 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the strategy. The report shall include-- (1) a summary of the strategy; (2) timelines for implementation of the strategy; and (3) an explanation of how the strategy is expected to address cost and schedule challenges for surface and submarine shipbuilding programs.