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 118 STAT. 2052 PUBLIC LAW 108–375—OCT. 28, 2004 (c) REPORT REQUIREMENTS.—The report shall include, at a min imum, the following: (1) A list of facilities at which the Department of Defense currently conducts or plans to conduct research, development, and testing activities on unmanned aerial and ground vehicles. (2) A list of facilities at which the Department of Defense currently deploys or has committed to deploying unmanned aerial or ground vehicles. (3) The extent to which existing facilities described in para graphs (1) and (2) have sufficient unused capacity and expertise to research, develop, test, and deploy the current and next generations of unmanned aerial and ground vehicles and to provide for the development of doctrine on the use and training of operators of such vehicles. (4) The extent to which efficiencies with respect to research, development, testing, and deployment of existing or future unmanned aerial and ground vehicles can be achieved through consolidation at one or more national centers of excellence for unmanned aerial and ground vehicles. (5) A list of potential locations for the national centers of excellence under this section. (d) CONSIDERATIONS.—In determining the potential locations for the national centers of excellence under this section, the Sec retary of Defense shall take into consideration existing military facilities that have— (1) a workforce of skilled personnel; (2) existing capacity of runways and other facilities to accommodate the research, development, testing, and deploy ment of current and future unmanned aerial vehicles; and (3) minimal restrictions on the research, development, testing, and deployment of unmanned aerial vehicles resulting from proximity to large population centers or airspace heavily utilized by commercial flights. SEC. 1045. STUDY OF CONTINUED REQUIREMENT FOR TWO CREW MAN NING FOR BALLISTIC MISSILE SUBMARINES. (a) STUDY AND DETERMINATION.—The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a study of whether the practice of using two alternating crews (referred to as the ‘‘Gold Crew’’ and the ‘‘Blue Crew’’) for manning of ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) continues to be justified under the changed circumstances since the end of the Cold War and, based on that study, shall make a determination of whether that two crew manning practice should be continued or should be modified or terminated. (b) REPORT.—Not later than six months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report providing notice of the Secretary’s determination under subsection (a) and the reasons for that determination. SEC. 1046. REPORT ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS FOR PREPOSITIONING OF MATERIEL AND EQUIPMENT. (a) SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ASSESSMENT AND REPORT.—(1) The Secretary of Defense shall conduct an assessment of the programs of the Armed Forces for the prepositioning of materiel and equip ment. Such assessment shall focus on how those programs will support the goal of the Secretary to have the capability, from the onset of a contingency situation, to—

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