Sec. 237. Plans to improve the ground-based midcourse defense system
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The Director of the Missile Defense Agency, in consultation with the Commander of the United States Strategic Command and the Commander of the United States Northern Command, shall develop— options to achieve an improved kill assessment capability for the ground-based midcourse defense system that can be developed as soon as practicable with acceptable acquisition risk, with the objective of achieving initial operating capability by not later than December 31, 2019, including by improving— the exo-atmospheric kill vehicle for the ground-based interceptor; the command, control, battle management, and communications system; and the sensor and communications architecture of the ballistic missile defense system; and a plan to carry out such options that gives priority to including such improved capabilities in at least some of the 14 ground-based interceptors that will be procured by the Director, as announced by the Secretary of Defense on March 15, 2013.
The Director, in consultation with the Commander of the United States Strategic Command and the Commander of the United States Northern Command, shall take appropriate steps to develop an interim capability for improved hit assessment for the ground-based midcourse defense system that can be integrated into near-term exo-atmospheric kill vehicle upgrades and refurbishment. Not later than April 1, 2014, the Director, the Commander of the United States Strategic Command, and the Commander of the United States Northern Command shall jointly submit to the congressional defense committees a report on— the development of an improved kill assessment capability under subsection (a), including the plan developed under paragraph
(2)of such subsection; and the development of an interim capability for improved hit assessment under subsection (b). Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director shall submit to the congressional defense committees a plan to use covered funding to develop, test, and deploy an upgraded enhanced exo-atmospheric kill vehicle for the ground-based midcourse defense system that— is tested under a test program coordinated with the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation; and following such test program, is capable of being deployed during fiscal year 2018 or thereafter. In developing the plan for an upgraded enhanced exo-atmospheric kill vehicle under paragraph (1), the Director shall give priority to the following attributes: Cost effectiveness and high reliability, testability, producibility, modularity, and maintainability. Capability across the midcourse battle space. Ability to leverage ballistic missile defense system data with kill vehicle on-board capability to discriminate lethal objects. Reliable on-demand communications. Sufficient flexibility to ensure that the potential for future enhancements, including ballistic missile defense system interceptor commonality and multiple and volume kill capability, is maintained. In this subsection, the term covered funding means— funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2014 for the Missile Defense Agency, as specified in the funding table in section 4201; and funds authorized to be appropriated by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 ( Public Law 112–239 ) or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2013 that are available to the Director to carry out the plan under paragraph (1).
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Sec. 237
Plans to improve the ground-based midcourse defense system
Pub. L.Pub. L. 112-239
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