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Code · BILL · 118th Congress · H.R. 2670 (Reported in House) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for militar... · Sec. 1634

Sec. 1634. Pilot program on development of reentry vehicles and related systems

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The Secretary of the Air Force may carry out a pilot program, to be known as the Reentry Vehicle Flight Test Bed Program , to assess the feasibility of providing regular flight test opportunities that support the development of reentry vehicles to— facilitate technology upgrades tested in a realistic flight environment; provide an enduring, high-cadence test bed to mature technologies for planned reentry vehicles; and transition technologies developed under other programs, prototype projects, or research and development programs related to long-range ballistic or hypersonic strike missiles.
In carrying out a pilot program under this section, the Secretary may make grants and enter into contracts or other agreements with appropriate entities for the conduct of relevant flight tests of reentry vehicles and systems. An entity that receives a grant, or enters into a contract or other agreement, as part of a pilot program carried out under this section shall use the grant, or any amount received under the contract or other agreement, to carry out one or more of the following activities:
Conducting flight tests to develop or validate— aeroshell design; thermal protective systems; guidance and control systems; sensors; communications; environmental sensors; or other relevant technologies. Expanding flight test opportunities through low-cost, high cadence platforms. If the Secretary of the Air Force carries out a pilot program under this section, the Secretary shall ensure that the activities under the pilot program are carried out in coordination with the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the Navy.
The authority to carry out a pilot program under this section shall terminate on December 31, 2029.
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