; and developing an interoperable joint command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR) architecture that supports the warfare of the future. . (9) Additionally, the NDSC states that Making informed decisions about strategic, operational, and force development issues requires a foundation of state-of-the-art analytic capabilities. … Specifically, the Department needs a rigorous force development plan that connects its investment strategy with its key priorities of winning in conflict and competing effectively with China and Russia. . (10) The March 2019 GAO report on Defense Strategy: Revised Analytic Approach Needed to Support Force Structure Decision-Making, found that The Department of Defense’s (DOD) analytic approach has not provided senior leaders with the support they need to evaluate and determine the force structure necessary to implement the National Defense Strategy. . 3. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress as follows: (1) The United States must be prepared to meet the challenges of competitive nations that are seeking to diminish the United States military advantage and threaten vital United States interests, and China is the most significant such challenge. (2) The National Defense Strategy provides the correct framework to prepare for major-power competition and conflict, but adequate resources are required and implementation across the entire Department of Defense enterprise in line with the focus of that strategy on readying the Joint Force for competition and conflict against China and Russia. (3) The United States is committed to upholding a free and open international order that promotes republican government and governance in concert with collective security, international laws, and human dignity while respecting the sovereignty of other countries. (4) The Department of Defense should urgently and at scale adapt the Joint Force’s shape, posture, development vectors, and employment models to maintain military advantage alongside our