Duties and responsibilities

(a) In general The co-chairs of the Working Group shall be responsible for engaging with the other participants in the Working Group— (1) to systematically analyze and apply lessons learned from the methodologies employed by the military forces of Ukraine and the domestic defense industrial base of Ukraine to accelerate the development, production, and fielding of covered systems; (2) to identify the Ukraine-designed covered systems that— (A) have demonstrated high operational utility in active combat; and (B) offer strategic capability enhancements for the United States Armed Forces; (3) to provide recommendations to expand and improve incorporation of Ukraine-designed covered systems in Blue UAS programs; (4) to develop defense trade foundational agreements between the United States and Ukraine, including— (A) a mutual technology transfer framework, which shall include— (i) mutual data exchange protocols to facilitate the secure sharing of relevant battlefield and military information, such as telemetry data and other electronic warfare signal profiles; and (ii) joint intellectual property ownership frameworks that— (I) protect the background intellectual property of all participants; and (II) facilitate the co-development and co-production of Ukraine-designed covered systems; and (B) a memorandum of understanding on reciprocal defense procurement; and (5) to assess the feasibility of testing United States-manufactured covered systems in Ukraine, including by deploying United States-manufactured covered systems to operational units of Ukraine for evaluation in active combat scenarios. (b) Meetings The Working Group shall convene not less frequently than once every 120 days, with meeting frequency determined by the co-chairs, in consultation with the other participants in the Working Groups.