Sec. 239. Review and report on offensive hypersonic weapons programs of the Department of Defense
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The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a review of the offensive hypersonic weapons programs of the Department of Defense, including the Navy Conventional Prompt Strike Program, the Army Long Range Hypersonic Weapon, and the Air Force Air Launched Rapid Response Weapon. The review under subsection
(a)shall address— cost and schedule estimates for the fielding of offensive hypersonic weapon systems, including any assumptions that underpin such estimates; whether and to what extent the hypersonic weapon systems are expect to fully achieve the requirements originally established for such systems; the technological and manufacturing maturity of the critical technologies and materials planned for the systems; and whether and to what extent the Department has pursued alternatives to the critical technologies identified under paragraph (3). Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing on the initial results of the review conducted under subsection (a). Following the briefing under subsection (c), on a date mutually agreed upon by the Comptroller General and the congressional defense committees, the Comptroller General shall submit to the committees a report on the final results of the review conducted under subsection (a).