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Andy Kim (D-NJ)

S.Amdt. 6589

S.Amdt. 6589 · Senate amendment

A Democratic amendment with no cosponsors

Changes S. 4784 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027

Offered

Offered, and not voted on yet. Most amendments never get a vote: the Senate takes up the bill and moves on without them.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. Pending Consideration

What this amendment would do

SA 6589, submitted by Mr. KIM, aims to add a section to S. 4784 that requires the Secretary of Defense to assess if it is feasible and advisable to create a defense digital engineering center of excellence (the Center). This Center would be located at an accredited institution of higher education within a defense innovation corridor.

The amendment proposes that the Center focus on three main pillars:

  • Secure data transfer and digital engineering: Assessing the possibility of a secure way to exchange digital engineering artifacts between government agencies, military labs, shipyards, operational platforms, and industry partners.

  • Model-based acquisition pilot program: Creating a pilot program for at least one naval acquisition program of record to test model-based technical data packages. This is intended to stop the duplicate recreation of data.

  • Workforce development program: Providing digital engineering training for Department of Defense personnel at three levels: executive, program management, and working level.

The amendment requires the Secretary of Defense to submit a report on these findings to the congressional defense committees within one year of the Act's enactment.