FY2026 NDAA, Section 350 ("Pilot program for data-enabled ground vehicle maintenance")

Proposed 2025-03-14 | Enacted 2025-12-18 | Official source

Summary

Establishes a pilot program for the Armed Forces to apply AI in ground vehicle maintenance. Requires assessment of AI feasibility, effectiveness, cost savings, and cybersecurity risks. Requires a report to Congress. Terminates authority by January 1, 2029.

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SEC. 350. PILOT PROGRAM FOR DATA-ENABLED GROUND VEHICLE MAINTENANCE. (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary concerned with respect to a covered Armed Force, in consultation with the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer of the Department of Defense, shall establish in such covered Armed Force a pilot program under which the covered Armed Force shall use commercially available artificial intelligence technologies to improve the maintenance of ground vehicles performed by such covered Armed Force.

(b) Objectives.--Under the pilot program established under subsection (a), the Secretary concerned shall-- (1) assess the feasibility and effectiveness of artificial intelligence-driven approaches in improving maintenance regimes for ground vehicles; (2) assess the cost savings resulting from the use of artificial intelligence technology for the maintenance of ground vehicles; and (3) identify and mitigate potential challenges and risks associated with the integration of artificial intelligence technology for modernized maintenance of ground vehicles, including cybersecurity concerns.

(c) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, each Secretary concerned with respect to a covered Armed Force shall submit to Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate a report on the activities performed under the pilot program established under subsection (a) in such covered Armed Force.

(d) Termination.--The authority to carry out a pilot program under subsection (a) shall terminate on January 1, 2029. (e) Definitions.-- In this section: (1) The term ``covered Armed Force'' means the Army, Navy, or Air Force. (2) The term ``Secretary concerned'' has the meaning given such term in section 101(a)(9) of title 10, United States Code.