Energetics industrial base roadmap

(a) In general Not later than March 1, 2027, the Director of the Joint Energetics Transition Office, in coordination with the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy and the Secretaries of the military departments, shall submit to the congressional defense committees a roadmap for the future desired state for the energetics industrial base. (b) Elements The roadmap under subsection (a) shall include the following elements: (1) An assessment of the capacity and capability of the energetics industrial base to support the demands of existing munitions programs of record. (2) An assessment of the capacity and capability of the energetics industrial base to support planned future demands of munitions programs. (3) Identification of current and potential shortfalls in common precursors and chemicals for energetic materials. (4) An assessment of emerging technologies or manufacturing processes that would support the modernization or evolution of the energetics industrial base. (5) A description of United States Government funding to date for the energetics industrial base, whether through programs of record or through Defense Production Act (DPA) or Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment (IBAS) programs, broken out by fiscal year and purpose. (c) Energetic materials defined In this section, the term energetic materials means critical chemicals and formulations that— (1) release large amounts of stored chemical energy; and (2) are capable of being used as explosives, propellants, pyrotechnics, and reactive materials that— (A) create lethal effects in warheads in kinetic weapons components and systems; or (B) increase propellant performance in a weapon propulsion system as related to lethal effects, range, or speed.