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10 U.S.C. § 5536 — Testing and assessment of missile defense systems prior to production and deployment

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10 U.S.C. § 5536 — Testing and assessment of missile defense systems prior to production and deployment

**(a) Successful Testing Required Prior to Final Production or Operational Deployment.—** The Secretary of Defense may not make a final production decision for, or operationally deploy, a covered system unless— (1) the Secretary ensures that— (A) sufficient and operationally realistic testing of the covered system is conducted to assess the performance of the covered system in order to inform a final production decision or an operational deployment decision; and (B) the results of such testing have demonstrated a high probability that the covered system— (i) will work in an operationally effective manner; and (ii) has the ability to accomplish the intended mission of the covered system; and (2) the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation has carried out subsection (b) with respect to such covered system. **(b) Assessment by Director of Operational Test and Evaluation.—** The Director of Operational Test and Evaluation shall— (1) provide to the Secretary the assessment of the Director, based on the available test data, of the sufficiency, adequacy, and results of the testing of each covered system, including an assessment of whether the covered system will be sufficiently effective, suitable, and survivable when needed; and (2) submit to the congressional defense committees a written summary of such assessment. **(c) Rule of Construction.—** Nothing in this section shall be construed to alter, modify, or otherwise affect a determination of the Secretary with respect to the participation of the Missile Defense Agency in the Joint Capabilities Integration Development System or the acquisition reporting process under the Department of Defense Directive 5000 series, or to diminish the authority of the Secretary of Defense to deploy a missile defense

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10 U.S.C. § 4205 — Weapon systems for which procurement funding requested in budget: development and procurement schedules

**(a)** The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress each calendar year, not later than 45 days after the President submits the budget to Congress under [section 1105 of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section1105&num=0&edition=prelim), budget justification documents regarding development and procurement schedules for each weapon system for which fund authorization is required by [section 114(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section114/a&num=0&edition=prelim), and for which any funds for procurement are requested in that budget. The documents shall include data on operational testing and evaluation for each weapon system for which funds for procurement are requested (other than funds requested only for the procurement of units for operational testing and evaluation, or long lead-time items, or both). A weapon system shall also be included in the annual documents required under this subsection in each year thereafter until procurement of that system has been completed or terminated, or the Secretary of Defense certifies, in writing, that such inclusion would not serve any useful purpose and gives his reasons therefor. **(b)** Any documents required to be submitted under subsection (a) shall include detailed and summarized information with respect to each weapon system covered and shall specifically include each of the following: (1) The development schedule, including estimated annual costs until development is completed. (2) The planned procurement schedule, including the best estimate of the Secretary of Defense of the annual costs and units to be procured until procurement is completed. (3) To the extent required by the second sentence of subsection (a), the r

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10 U.S.C. § 5536 — Testing and assessment of missile defense

Page 2962 TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES § 5535 teries and associated interceptors and systems, Aegis ships and associated ballistic missile interceptors (including Aegis Ashore capability), AN/TPY–2 radars, or terminal high altitude area defense batteries and interceptors. (Added Pub. L. 118–159, div. A, title XVI, § 1649(a), Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 2196.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT Section 1681(c) of the John S. McCain National De- fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, referred to in subsec. (a), is section 1681(c) of Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title XVI, Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 2161, which is not classified to the Code. PRIOR PROVISIONS Provisions similar to those in this section were con- tained in Pub. L. 114–92, div. A, title XVI, § 1675, Nov. 25, 2015, 129 Stat. 1131, as amended by Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title IX, § 902(69), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 1551; Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title X, § 1081(f)(3), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 3875, which was set out in a note under section 4205 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 118–159, div. A, title XVI, § 1649(b)(7), Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 2199. § 5535. Development of requirements to support integrated air and missile defense capabili- ties (a) IN GENERAL.—Consistent with the memo- randum of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of January 27, 2014, regarding joint inte- grated air and missile defense, the Vice Chair- man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall oversee the development of warfighter requirements for persistent and survivable capabilities to detect, identify, determine the status, track, and sup- port engagement of strategically important mo- bile or relocatable assets in all phases of conflict in order to achieve the objective of preventing the effective employment of

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