Sec. 1644. Guam integrated air and missile defense system
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The Secretary of Defense shall identify the architecture and acquisition approach for implementing a 360-degree integrated air and missile defense capability to defend the people, infrastructure, and territory of Guam from advanced cruise, ballistic, and hypersonic missile threats. The architecture identified under subsection
(a)shall have the ability to— integrate numerous multi-domain sensors, interceptors, and command and control systems while maintaining high kill chain performance against advanced threats; address robust discrimination and electromagnetic compatibility with other sensors; engage directly, or coordinate engagements with other integrated air and missile defense systems, to defeat the spectrum of cruise, ballistic, and hypersonic threats; leverage existing programs of record to expedite the development and deployment of the architecture during the five-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, with an objective of achieving initial operating capability in 2025, including with respect to— the Aegis ballistic missile defense system; standard missile–3 and –6 variants; the terminal high altitude area defense system; the Patriot air and missile defense system; the integrated battle control system; and the lower tier air and missile defense sensor and other lower tier capabilities, as applicable; integrate future systems and interceptors that have the capability to defeat hypersonic missiles in the glide and terminal phases, including integration of passive measures to protect assets in Guam; and incentivize competition within the acquisition of the architecture and rapid procurement and deployment wherever possible. Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the architecture and acquisition approach identified under subsection (a).