Sec. 1664. Semiannual notifications on missile defense tests and costs
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Not less than once every 180-day period beginning 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on January 31, 2021, the Director of the Missile Defense Agency shall submit to the congressional defense committees a notification on— the outcome of each planned flight test, including intercept tests, occurring during the period covered by the notification; and flight tests, including intercept tests, planned to occur after the date of the notification. Each notification shall include the following:
With respect to each test described in subsection (a)(1)— the cost; any changes made to the scope or objectives of the test, or future tests, and an explanation for such changes; in the event of a failure of the test or a decision to delay or cancel the test— the reasons such test did not succeed or occur; the funds expended on such attempted test; and in the case of a test failure or cancelled test that is the result of contractor performance, the contractor liability, if appropriate, as compared to the cost of such test and potential retest; and the plan to conduct a retest, if necessary, and an estimate of the cost of such retest.
With respect to each test described in subsection (a)(2)— any changes made to the scope of the test; whether the test was to occur earlier but was delayed; and an explanation for any such changes or delays. The status of any open failure review boards or any failure review boards completed during the period covered by the notification. Each notification submitted under subsection
(a)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.