Sec. 1683. TESTING OF REDESIGNED KILL VEHICLE PRIOR TO PRODUCTION AND GROUND-BASED MIDCOURSE DEFENSE ACCELERATION OPTIONS

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## SEC. 1683 TESTING OF REDESIGNED KILL VEHICLE PRIOR TO PRODUCTION AND GROUND-BASED MIDCOURSE DEFENSE ACCELERATION OPTIONS ###

(a)Successful Testing Required Except as provided by subsection (b), the Director of the Missile Defense Agency may not make a lot production decision for the redesigned kill vehicle unless the vehicle has undergone at least one successful flight intercept test that meets the following criteria: ####

(1)The test sufficiently assesses the performance of the vehicle in order to inform a lot production decision. ####

(2)The results of the test demonstrate that the vehicle— #####

(A)will work in an effective manner; and #####

(B)has the ability to accomplish the intended mission of the vehicle. ###

(b)Waiver The Secretary of Defense, without delegation, may waive subsection

(a)if— ####

(1)the Secretary determines that the waiver is in the interest of national security; ####

(2)the Secretary determines that the threat of missiles is advancing at a pace that requires additional capacity of the ground-based midcourse system by 2023; ####

(3)the Secretary determines that the waiver is appropriate in light of the assessment conducted by the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation under subsection (c); ####

(4)the Secretary submits to the congressional defense committees a report containing— #####

(A)a notice of the waiver, including the rationale of the Secretary for making the waiver; #####

(B)a certification by the Secretary that the Secretary has analyzed and accepts the risk of making and implementing a lot production decision for the redesigned kill vehicle prior to the vehicle undergoing a successful flight intercept test; and #####

(C)the assessment of the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation under subsection (c); and ####

(5)a period of 30 days elapses following the date on which the Secretary submits the report under paragraph (4). ###

(c)Assessment on Risks The Director of Operational Test and Evaluation shall submit to the Secretary of Defense an assessment on the risks of making a lot production decision for the redesigned kill vehicle prior to the vehicle undergoing a successful flight intercept test. ###

(d)Report ####

(1)In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Missile Defense Agency shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on ways the Director could accelerate by at least one year the construction of Missile Field 4 at Fort Greely, Alaska, as well as the deployment of 20 ground-based interceptors with redesigned kill vehicles at such missile field. ####

(2)Contents The report under paragraph

(1)shall include the following: #####

(A)A threat-based description of the benefits and risks of accelerating the construction and deployment referred to in paragraph (1). #####

(B)A description of the technical and acquisition risks and potential effects on the reliability of the redesigned kill vehicle if deployment is accelerated as described in paragraph (1). #####

(C)A description of the cost implications of accelerating the construction and deployment referred to in paragraph (1). #####

(D)A description of the effect such acceleration would have on the redesigned kill vehicle flight test schedule and the overall integrated master test plan. #####

(E)A description of the effect that the acceleration described in paragraph

(1)would have on re-tipping currently deployed exoatmospheric kill vehicles with the redesigned kill vehicle. #####

(F)A description of how such acceleration would align with the deployment of the long-range discrimination radar and the discrimination radar for homeland defense to be made operational in Hawaii. #####

(G)A cost-benefit analysis and a feasibility assessment for construction of a fifth missile field at Fort Greely, Alaska. ####

(3)Form The report under paragraph

(1)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.