Increased maximum production capacity plans for key munitions and weapons systems

(a) Report Required Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on increased maximum production capacity for each covered system. (b) Contents The report under subsection (a) shall include, for each covered system, the following: (1) The current maximum production level and the maximum production level that could be established in the following fiscal year. (2) A description of the specific steps required to increase maximum production capacity, including capital equipment acquisitions, facility modifications, workforce expansion, and supply chain development. (3) An identification of the leading challenges and bottlenecks that would constrain production increases, including single-source supplier dependencies, long-lead material shortfalls, workforce certification requirements, facility or tooling limitations, and critical subcontractor and supplier dependencies necessary to achieve surge production capacity. (4) The estimated timeline for achieving production at each of the following capacity levels relative to the current contract rate, together with the assumptions underlying each timeline estimate: (A) 150 percent of the current production rate. (B) 200 percent of the current production rate. (C) 500 percent of the current production rate. (5) The estimated cost to the Government of the actions necessary to achieve each capacity level identified under paragraph (4), expressed as— (A) the estimated additional contract cost per covered system at each such level; and (B) the estimated total capital and nonrecurring investment required. (c) Form The report under subsection (a) may be submitted in classified form. (d) Covered System Defined In this section, the term covered system means— (1) each munition or weapon system for which multiyear procurement authority is provided under this Act, including each system described in sections 1839 and 1840 of this Act; and (2) any other system, as determined by the Secretary of Defense.