Sec. 1689. ACCELERATION OF HYPERSONIC MISSILE DEFENSE PROGRAM

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## SEC. 1689 ACCELERATION OF HYPERSONIC MISSILE DEFENSE PROGRAM ###

(a)Acceleration of Program Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Director of the Missile Defense Agency shall accelerate the hypersonic missile defense program of the Missile Defense Agency. ###

(b)Deployment The Director shall deploy such program in conjunction with a persistent space-based missile defense sensor program. ###

(c)Report ####

(1)In general Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on how hypersonic missile defense can be accelerated to meet emerging hypersonic threats. ####

(2)Contents The report under paragraph

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

(A)An estimate of the cost of the acceleration described in such paragraph. #####

(B)The technical requirements and acquisition plan needed for the Director to develop and deploy a hypersonic missile defense program. #####

(C)A testing campaign plan that accelerates the delivery of hypersonic defense systems to the warfighter. ####

(3)Form The report required by paragraph

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