Risk assessment of air traffic control systems of Department of Defense

(a) In general The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a risk assessment to evaluate the air traffic control systems owned and operated by any entity of the Department of Defense and operated within the airspace of the United States and develop a modernization plan to update those systems. (b) Elements The assessment required by subsection (a) shall be comprehensive across all branches of the Armed Forces and shall— (1) review the air traffic control systems assessed by the Department in the report dated December 2018 and entitled, Report to Congress on Air Traffic Control Facilities and assess any new systems implemented after the date of such report; (2) assess the status, as of the date of the assessment under subsection (a), of the functionality for the air traffic control systems specified in paragraph (1), including— (A) an assessment of facility condition; (B) an assessment of technology and equipment condition; (C) an identification of deficiencies in conditions assessed under subparagraphs (A) and (B); (D) the cost of addressing such deficiencies; and (E) a timeline for addressing such deficiencies; (3) identify the ongoing investments by the Department to modernize air traffic control systems; (4) assess the progress made in implementing modernization investments to such systems, including— (A) barriers or challenges to such implementation; (B) existing mitigation strategies; and (C) recommendations for authorities, resources, or policy changes; and (5) assess system compatibility and modernization alignment with efforts by the Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration to modernize the air traffic control system of the United States through the Brand New Air Traffic Control System. (c) Submittal of assessment and plan Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees the assessment and plan required under subsection (a). (d) Annual report Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report detailing the status of modernizing the air traffic control systems used by the Department.