; and (B) provide the results of that study to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act. E FAA Research and Development Activities 741. Research plan for the certification of new technologies into the national airspace system Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in consultation with NASA, shall transmit a comprehensive research plan for the certification of new technologies into the national airspace system to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate. This plan shall identify research necessary to support the certification and implementation of NextGen, including both ground and air elements, and explain the plan’s relationship to other activities and procedures required for certification and implementation of new technologies into the national airspace system. This plan shall be informed by and conform to the recommendations of the National Research Council report titled Transformation in the Air—A Review of the FAA Research Plan , issued on June 8, 2015. This report shall include, at a minimum— (1) a description of the strategic and prescriptive value of the research plan; (2) an explanation of the expected outcomes from executing the plan; (3) an assessment of the FAA’s plan to use research and development to improve cybersecurity over the next 5 years, taking into account the cybersecurity research and development plan developed under section 736(b); (4) an assessment of the current software assurance practices, and the desired level or attributes to target in the software assurance program