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Code · BILL · 118th Congress · H.R. 8070 (Reported in House) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military c... · Sec. 833

Sec. 833. Autonomous unmanned aerial system acquisition pathways

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The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that, to the maximum extent practicable, procurement programs for autonomous unmanned aerial systems use separate, parallel acquisition pathways for hardware and software related to such systems. The Secretary shall ensure that members of the acquisition workforce (as defined in section 101 of title 10, United States Code), with respect to the procurement of autonomous unmanned aerial systems under this section and to the maximum extent practicable— use the appropriate software acquisition pathway established under section 800 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 ( Public Law 116–92 ; 133 Stat. 1478; 10 U.S.C. 4571 note); and include requirements for hardware components of such systems to be compliant with modular open system approach (as defined in section 4401 of title 10, United States Code).
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that includes— a description of plans to implement the separate, parallel acquisition pathways described in subsection (a); and recommendations by the Secretary for any legislative action the Secretary determines necessary to implement this section. This section shall apply with respect to contracts for the procurement of autonomous unmanned aerial systems or hardware or software related to such systems entered into on or after the date of the enactment of this section.
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