Requires the Chief Digital and AI Officer to develop a venue and testing processes for comparing automated target recognition algorithms by June 1, 2025. Mandates testing of Replicator algorithms by September 1, 2025.
Requires the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer of the Department of Defense to establish a venue and processes for testing automated target recognition algorithms by June 1, 2025.
Mandate the testing of mission capability for at least two programs in the Replicator initiative using the developed venue by September 1, 2025.
Oblige the Secretary of Defense to brief the Senate and House Armed Services Committees on activities under this section within one year of the Act's enactment.
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SEC. 235. Competitive demonstration of automated target recognition algorithms.
(a) Venue, process, and scenarios.--Not later than June 1, 2025, the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer of the Department of Defense, in coordination with appropriate counterparts in the military departments, shall develop a venue and processes, including a specified set of baseline scenarios, for comparative testing of automated target recognition algorithms to evaluate mission efficacy.
(b) Demonstration.--Not later than September 1, 2025, the Secretary of Defense shall use the venue developed under subsection (a) to test the mission capability of at least two relevant programs included in the Replicator initiative.
(c) Briefing.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a briefing on the activities carried out under this section.
Requires the Department of Defense to test automated target recognition algorithms by September 1, 2025.
Requires the Department of Defense to test automated target recognition algorithms by September 1, 2025.