National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, Section 1019 ("Strategy for navy investment in and support for the maritime industrial base")

• Authority: United States Congress
• Parent authority: Federal government
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Collections: NDAA provisions;U.S. federal laws;FY2026 NDAA
• Most recent activity: Enacted
• Most recent activity date: 2025-12-18

Risk subdomain coverage

Minimal coverage — Brief mention but no specific mitigations, recommendations or governance measures relating to the risk subdomain are described.

• Competitive dynamics
• Lack of capability or robustness

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

This document has minimal risk domain coverage, primarily addressing AI system capabilities and limitations (7.3) through its focus on AI reliability for supply chain monitoring. There is implicit coverage of competitive dynamics (6.4) given the national security context of maintaining shipbuilding capabilities. The document does not substantively address AI-specific risks but rather uses AI as a tool for operational improvement.

Sector coverage

Good coverage — Comprehensive governance measures or mitigations with clear procedures relating to the sector are explicitly described.

• Agriculture, Mining, Construction & Manufacturing
• National Security

Minimal coverage — Brief mention but no specific mitigations, recommendations or governance measures relating to the sector are described.

• Trade, Transportation & Utilities

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

This document primarily governs AI use in National Security (military shipbuilding and defense industrial base) and Manufacturing (maritime industrial base and shipbuilding programs). It also has secondary coverage of Trade, Transportation and Utilities through supply chain management.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding legislative provision within the National Defense Authorization Act, using mandatory language ('shall') and establishing legal obligations for the Secretary of the Navy with specific deadlines and reporting requirements to Congress.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: United States Congress
• Summary: The document is a section of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, which is proposed and enacted by the United States Congress as indicated by the authority field and legislative structure.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Secretary of the Navy; maritime industrial base entities; submarine and surface shipbuilding programs
• Summary: The document directly targets the Secretary of the Navy who must develop and implement the strategy, and indirectly targets the maritime industrial base and shipbuilding programs that will be affected by the AI-enabled monitoring and investment strategy.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: congressional defense committees; United States Congress
• Summary: The congressional defense committees serve as the enforcement body by receiving mandatory reports and exercising oversight over the Secretary of the Navy's compliance with the statutory requirements.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: congressional defense committees; Secretary of the Navy
• Summary: The congressional defense committees monitor implementation through the required report, while the Secretary of the Navy is responsible for monitoring the maritime industrial base performance through centralized data collection and AI systems.

AI Lifecycle Stages

Lifecycle stages covered by the documents, as defined in the OECD Framework for the Classification of AI Systems

• Plan and Design
• Collect and Process Data
• Verify and Validate
• Deploy
• Operate and Monitor

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document primarily addresses the Deploy and Operate and Monitor stages of the AI lifecycle, as it mandates the implementation of AI systems for supply chain monitoring and prediction. There is implicit coverage of Plan and Design through the requirement to develop a strategy with key performance indicators, and minimal coverage of Verify and Validate through the requirement to measure return on investment.

Technical Scope

Terms relating to technical scope that are mentioned or implicitly referenced in the document

• Predictive AI
• Task-specific AI

Technical Scope Summary

The document explicitly mentions artificial intelligence as a tool for monitoring and prediction but does not define or distinguish between AI models, AI systems, or specific types of AI. There is no mention of frontier AI, general purpose AI, task-specific AI, foundation models, generative AI, predictive AI, open-weight models, or compute thresholds.