Sec. 833. ROLE OF THE CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCE IN MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT DECISION AND ACQUISITION SYSTEM MILESTONES

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## SEC. 833 ROLE OF THE CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCE IN MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT DECISION AND ACQUISITION SYSTEM MILESTONES Section 2547(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— ####

(1)by striking “The Secretary” and inserting “(1) The Secretary”; and ####

(2)by adding at the end the following new paragraph: > > #### “(2) > > Consistent with the performance of duties under subsection (a), the Chief of the armed force concerned, or in the case of a joint program the chiefs of the armed forces concerned, with respect to major defense acquisition programs, shall— > > > ##### “(A) > > concur with the need for a material solution as identified in the Material Development Decision Review prior to entry into the Material Solution Analysis Phase under Department of Defense Instruction 5000.02; > > > ##### “(B) > > concur with the cost, schedule, technical feasibility, and performance trade-offs that have been made with regard to the program before Milestone A approval is granted under section 2366a of this title; > > > ##### “(C) > > concur that appropriate trade-offs among cost, schedule, technical feasibility, and performance objectives have been made to ensure that the program is affordable when considering the per unit cost and the total life-cycle cost before Milestone B approval is granted under section 2366b of this title; and > > > ##### “(D) > > concur that the requirements in the program capability document are necessary and realistic in relation to program cost and fielding targets as required by paragraph

(1)before Milestone C approval is granted.” > .