Sec. 1687. Hypersonic defense capability development
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The Director of the Missile Defense Agency shall serve as the executive agent for the Department of Defense for the development of a capability by the United States to counter hypersonic boost-glide vehicle capabilities and conventional prompt strike capabilities that may be employed against the United States, the allies of the United States, and the deployed forces of the United States. In carrying out subsection (a), the Director shall— develop architectures for a hypersonic defense capability, from detecting threats to intercepting such threats, that— involves systems of the military departments and the Defense Agencies; and includes both kinetic and nonkinetic options for such interception; and not later than September 30, 2017, establish a program of record to develop a hypersonic defense capability.
Not later than March 31, 2017— the Director shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the architectures and sensors evaluated pursuant to subsection (b); and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the military capability or capabilities and capability gaps relating to the threat posed by hypersonic boost-glide vehicles and maneuvering ballistic missiles to the United States, the allies of the United States, and the deployed forces of the United States.
Not later than 90 days after the date on which the Director submits the report under subsection (c)(1), the Director shall notify the congressional defense committees with respect to whether the Director intends to use established procedures for reprogramming or transfers to carry out subsection
(a)to conduct activities regarding experimentation, modeling and simulation, or research and development, to develop a hypersonic defense capability. In this section: The term Defense Agencies has the meaning given that term in section 101(a)(11) of title 10, United States Code. The term executive agent has the meaning given the term DoD Executive Agent in Department of Defense Directive 5101.1, or any successor directive relating to the responsibilities of an executive agent of the Department of Defense. The term hypersonic defense capability means the capability to counter hypersonic boost-glide vehicles and conventional prompt strike ballistic missiles.