Sec. 842. Pilot program for the qualification of alternative sources
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Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, in coordination with the Secretaries of the military departments, shall establish a pilot program for the purposes of expediting the qualification of key technologies critical to the supply chains of a covered program by establishing a process to rapidly qualify a key technology through the military department’s appropriate technical warrant holder.
For the purposes of this pilot program, key technologies include— additive manufacturing; energetics; solid rocket motors; castings and forgings; and unmanned systems. For the purposes of this pilot program, each military department shall designate at least one major defense acquisition program (as defined in section 4201 of title 10, United States Code) that has received Milestone C approval (as defined in section 4172(e)(8) of title 10, United States Code) and at least one middle tier acquisition program (as defined in section 804 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 ( Public Law 114–92 ; 10 U.S.C. 3201 note prec.).
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, in coordination with the Secretaries of the military departments, shall provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives with a detailed plan to implement the pilot program required under this section. Beginning on the date on which the first program is designated under subsection
(c)and until the termination date described in subsection (f), the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, in coordination with the Secretaries of the military departments, shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives an annual report on the progress, challenges, and lessons learned in executing this pilot program, including the applicability of applying the expedited qualification process established under the pilot program more broadly across each military department. The authority to select programs for inclusion in the pilot program established under this section shall terminate on December 31, 2029.
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Sec. 842
Pilot program for the qualification of alternative sources
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