Muscatatuck Urban Training Center Requires DOD to reassess how it handles cyber test and cyber training ranges, due to inconsistent past DOD funding for the cyber training range operated by the Indiana National Guard at Muscatatuck.
I will require the Department of Defense to reassess how it handles cyber test and training ranges, including the Indiana National Guard’s Muscatatuck Urban Training Center.
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Evidence
The Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act, passed by the Senate, includes a provision requiring the Department of Defense to reassess how it handles cyber test and training ranges, specifically mentioning the Indiana National Guard's Muscatatuck Urban Training Center.
Section 1507 prohibits DoD from divesting, consolidating, or curtailing current cyber assessment capabilities supporting operational test and evaluation unless it first submits detailed certification, including analysis, transition plans, funding, staffing, and coordination requirements.
Banks said the FY 2026 NDAA "requires DOD to reassess how it handles cyber test and cyber training ranges," citing inconsistent past DOD funding for the Indiana National Guard's cyber training range at Muscatatuck.
Assessments
The FY 2026 NDAA includes a provision requiring the Department of Defense to reassess cyber test and training ranges, including Muscatatuck, and Banks publicly credited the measure as a win he secured. That is direct legislative action matching the promise, so it counts as delivered in the same term.
The Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act, passed by the Senate during Jim Banks' term, contains a mandatory provision requiring the Department of Defense to reassess how it handles cyber test and training ranges, explicitly including the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center mentioned in the promise. This matches the specified campaign commitment, and there is solid legislative delivery.