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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextSA 5847. Mr. KIM submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal
year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. __. PILOT PROGRAM FOR BRAVE-1 MODELED TECHNOLOGY
PLATFORM TO IMPROVE FEEDBACK LOOP AND SPEED UP
MILITARY INNOVATION.
(a) Establishment.—
(1) In general.—Not later than 360 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall,
acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Research
and Engineering and in coordination with the Under Secretary
of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, establish and
carry out a pilot program to test a digital feedback platform
designed to improve the collection, analysis, and
transmission of operational feedback from members of the
Armed Forces to inform defense innovation, acquisition, and
sustainment decisions.
(2) Designation.—The pilot program required by paragraph
(1) shall be known as the “Brave Model” (in this section
the “Pilot Program”).
(b) Locations.—
(1) In general.—The Secretary shall select not fewer than
three and not more than six units of the Armed Forces to
participate in the Pilot Program, including at least one unit
from each of the Army, Navy, and Air Force.
(2) Considerations.—In selecting units under paragraph
(1), the Secretary shall consider—
(A) units stationed overseas who are less connected to
resupplying chains;
(B) units employing a mix of advanced and legacy systems;
and
(C) units with varying levels of access to maintenance,
resupply, and technical support infrastructure.
(c) Objectives.—The objectives of the Pilot Program are—
(1) to develop a feedback loop modeled after BRAVE-1 in
Ukraine, so that the government and industry can jointly
receive data directly from the Armed Forces;
(2) to reduce delays in identifying and addressing
equipment failures and capability gaps;
(3) to enable more rapid iteration and improvement of
military systems through data driven insights; and
(4) to evaluate the feasibility of establishing a sustained
capability within the Department of Defense to support
continuous operator-driven innovation.
(d) Briefings.—Not later than 90 days after the date of
the completion of the Pilot Program, the Secretary shall
provide to the appropriate congressional committees a
briefing that includes—
(1) an assessment of the effectiveness of the Pilot Program
in achieving the objectives set forth in subsection (c);
(2) a comparison of the speed and effectiveness of
identifying and addressing equipment issues in units
participating in the Pilot Program versus units not
participating in the Pilot Program;
(3) a description of key capability gaps and system
failures identified through the Pilot Program; and
(4) recommendations regarding whether to expand, modify, or
terminate the Pilot Program.
(e) Termination.—The Pilot Program shall terminate on the
date that is two years after the date of the enactment of
this Act.
(f) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.—In this
section, the term “appropriate congressional committees”
means—
(1) the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services of the House of
Representatives.