Sec. 1693. REPORT AND BRIEFING ON MULTI-VOLUME KILL CAPABILITY

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## SEC. 1693 REPORT AND BRIEFING ON MULTI-VOLUME KILL CAPABILITY Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, in coordination with the Director of the Missile Defense Agency, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, and the Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation, shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report, and shall provide to such committees a briefing, on an assessment of potential roles for a multi-volume kill capability in a future architecture of the ballistic missile defense system. Such report and briefing shall include the following: ####

(1)An assessment of the current technology readiness level of necessary components and the technology readiness levels needed for an operational system. ####

(2)An assessment of the costs and a comprehensive development and testing schedule to deploy a multi-volume kill capability. ####

(3)A concept of operations with respect to how a multi-volume kill capability could be employed and how such a capability compares to single-kill ground-based midcourse defense system interceptors. ## Subtitle F Other Matters