Sec. 1688. PLAN FOR DEVELOPMENT OF SPACE-BASED BALLISTIC MISSILE INTERCEPT LAYER
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## SEC. 1688 PLAN FOR DEVELOPMENT OF SPACE-BASED BALLISTIC MISSILE INTERCEPT LAYER **[**[10 U.S.C. 2431 note](/us/usc/t10/s2431)**]** ###
(a)Development Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Director of the Missile Defense Agency shall develop a space-based ballistic missile intercept layer to the ballistic missile defense system that is— ####
(1)regionally focused; ####
(2)capable of providing boost-phase defense; and ####
(3)achieves an operational capability at the earliest practicable date. ###
(b)Space-based Ballistic Missile Intercept Layer Plan Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a plan to carry out subsection
(a)during the 10-year period following the date of the plan. Such plan shall include the following: ####
(1)A concept definition phase consisting of multiple awarded contracts to identify feasible solutions consistent with architectural principles, performance goals, and price points established by the Director, such as contracts relating to— #####
(A)refined requirements; #####
(B)conceptual designs; #####
(C)technology readiness assessments; #####
(D)critical technical and operational issues; #####
(E)cost, schedule, performance estimates; and #####
(F)risk reduction plans. ####
(2)A technology risk reduction phase consisting of up to three competitively awarded contracts focused on maturing, integrating, and characterizing key technologies, algorithms, components, and subsystems, such as contracts relating to— #####
(A)refined concepts and designs; #####
(B)engineering trade studies; #####
(C)medium-to-high fidelity digital representations of the space-based ballistic missile intercept weapon system; and #####
(D)a proposed integration and test sequence that could potentially lead to a live-fire boost phase intercept during fiscal year 2022, if the technology has reached sufficient maturity and is economically viable. ####
(3)During the technology risk reduction phase, contractors will define proposed demonstrations to a preliminary design review level prior to a technology development phase down-select. ####
(4)A technology development phase consisting of two competitively awarded contracts to mature the preferred space-based ballistic missile intercept weapon system concepts and to potentially conduct a live-fire boost phase intercept fly-off during fiscal year 2022, if the technology has reached sufficient maturity and is economically viable, with brassboard hardware and prototype software on a path to the operational goal. ####
(5)A concurrent space-based ballistic missile intercept weapon system fire control test bed activity that incrementally incorporates modeling and simulation elements, real-world data, hardware, algorithms, and systems to evaluate with increasing confidence the performance of evolving designs and concepts of such weapon system from target detection to intercept. ####
(6)Any other matters the Director determines appropriate. ###
(c)Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined In this section, the term “appropriate congressional committees” means— ####
(1)the congressional defense committees; and ####
(2)the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.
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PLAN FOR DEVELOPMENT OF SPACE-BASED BALLISTIC MISSILE INTERCEPT LAYER
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