Clarifications to sustainment planning requirements for covered systems

(a) Intellectual property management plan Section 4324(b)(1)(D) of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: (D) An intellectual property management plan for product support developed in accordance with section 3774 of this title, including— (i) requirements for technical data, software, and modular open system approaches (as defined in section 4401 of this title); (ii) a method to obtain technical data and license rights necessary for maintenance, repair, and overhaul of the covered system before the Milestone B approval (or equivalent approval); and (iii) a method to satisfy all other aspects of sustainment for the covered system before the Milestone C approval (or equivalent approval) in accordance with the product support strategy described in subparagraph (A).. (b) Long-term technical data needs Section 3774 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(1)— (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking and at the end; (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting; and; and (C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (C) include in any contract solicitation for such a system or subsystem requirements relating to technical data and license rights necessary for sustainment of the system or subsystem.; and (2) in subsection (b)— (A) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) as paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) respectively; and (B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following: (2) be developed in accordance with the intellectual property management plan described in section 4324(b)(1)(D) of this title..