The 62nd annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2023, focuses on strategic competition with China and Russia; disruptive technologies like hypersonic weapons, artificial intelligence, 5G, and quantum computing; modernizing our ships, aircraft, and vehicles.
The NDAA supports a total of
$857.9 billion
in fiscal year 2023 funding for national defense.
Here are some of the sections of the bill we thought you might like to know about…
SEC. 232. STRATEGY AND PLAN FOR STRENGTHENING AND FOSTERING DEFENSE INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM
Not later than March 1, 2023, the Secretary of Defense shall develop a strategy and an implementation plan for the defense innovation ecosystem. The purpose of the strategy is to provide a framework for identifying, assessing, and tracking innovation ecosystems that are beneficial to advancing the defense, national security, and warfighting missions of the Department of Defense. The implementation plan is to provide concrete steps and measures of effectiveness to gauge the effect of the innovation ecosystems, assessing the effectiveness of approaches taken by the Department to grow, foster, and sustain such innovation ecosystems.