Provides requirements for the unmanned maritime autonomy architecture that the Secretary of the Navy must implement within 180 days, including providing a forum and resources to facilitate industry participation in the creation and management of a modular open systems architecture for maritime unmanned systems.
Requires, within 180 days, the Secretary of the Navy to provide a forum and resources for industry participation in developing a vendor-agnostic and platform-agnostic modular open systems architecture for maritime unmanned systems.
Directs the Secretary of the Navy to adopt or join a governance model that includes both Government and industry for the maritime unmanned systems standards.
Mandates the implementation of a process for incorporating industry feedback into these standards and aligning them with leading industry practices.
Requires the standards for maritime unmanned systems to be tailored for each relevant Navy program or contract to meet the minimum standards necessary for desired operational capabilities.
Instructs the Secretary of the Navy to label and distribute the standards as open and publicly releasable information to the greatest extent possible.
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📜 This document's name is Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025, Section 1031 ("Requirements for the unmanned maritime autonomy architecture").
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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.
Provides requirements for the unmanned maritime autonomy architecture that the Secretary of the Navy must implement within 180 days, including providing a forum and resources to facilitate industry participation in the creation and management of a modular open systems architecture for maritime unmanned systems.
Provides requirements for the unmanned maritime autonomy architecture that the Secretary of the Navy must implement within 180 days, including providing a forum and resources to facilitate industry participation in the creation and management of a modular open systems architecture for maritime unmanned systems.