Sec. 5803. Analysis of alternatives pursuant to materiel development decisions
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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall update existing guidance for analyses of alternatives conducted pursuant to a materiel development decision for a major defense acquisition program to incorporate the following: Study completion within nine months. Study guidance issued by the Director, Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation of a scope designed to provide for reasonable completion of the study within the nine-month period.
Procedures for waiver of the timeline requirements of this subsection on a case-by-case basis if— the subject of the analysis is of extreme technical complexity; collection of additional intelligence is required to inform the analysis; insufficient technical expertise is available to complete the analysis; or the Secretary determines that there other sufficient reasons for delay of the analysis. If an analysis of alternatives cannot be completed within the allotted time, or a waiver is used, the Secretary shall report to the congressional defense committees the following information:
For a waiver, the basis for use of the waivers, including the reasons why the study cannot be completed within the allotted time. For a study estimated to take more than nine months— an estimate of when the analysis will be completed; an estimate of any additional costs to complete the analysis; and other relevant information pertaining to the analysis and its completion.