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Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73

§4372 Unit cost reports: quarterly report from program manager to service acquisition executive

Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle A— - General Military Law › Part PART V— - ACQUISITION › Subpart Subpart F— - Major Systems, Major Defense Acquisition Programs, and Weapon Systems Development › Chapter CHAPTER 325— - COST GROWTH—UNIT COST REPORTS (NUNN-MCCURDY) › § 4372

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The program manager must send a written unit-cost report every quarter to the Service Acquisition Executive the Secretary names for each major defense acquisition program, except programs not required in that quarter’s Selected Acquisition Report. Each report must be submitted within 30 calendar days after the quarter ends. The report must give the program acquisition unit cost and, for procurement programs, the procurement unit cost; any cost or schedule variances in major contracts since they began; any known, expected, or anticipated changes from the program’s baseline schedule or performance; and any significant known, expected, or anticipated changes in total cost, schedule, or performance for the program’s software.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §4372

Armed Forces — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)(1)The program manager for a major defense acquisition program (other than a program not required to be included in the Selected Acquisition Report for that quarter under section 4351(b)(3) of this title) shall, on a quarterly basis, submit to the service acquisition executive designated by the Secretary concerned a written report on the unit costs of the program (or of each designated major subprogram under the program).
(2)Each report shall be submitted not more than 30 calendar days after the end of that quarter.
(b)The program manager shall include in each such unit cost report the following information with respect to the program (as of the last day of the quarter for which the report is made):
(1)The program acquisition unit cost for the program (or for each designated major subprogram under the program).
(2)In the case of a procurement program, the procurement unit cost for the program (or for each designated major subprogram under the program).
(3)Any cost variance or schedule variance in a major contract under the program since the contract was entered into.
(4)Any changes from program schedule milestones or program performances reflected in the baseline description established under section 4214 of this title that are known, expected, or anticipated by the program manager.
(5)Any significant changes in the total program cost for development and procurement of the software component of the program or subprogram, schedule milestones for the software component of the program or subprogram, or expected performance for the software component of the program or subprogram that are known, expected, or anticipated by the program manager.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification The text of subsec. (b) of section 2433 of this title, which was transferred to this section and redesignated as subsec. (a) by Pub. L. 116–283, § 1850(e)(1), was based on Pub. L. 97–252, title XI, § 1107(a)(1), Sept. 8, 1982, 96 Stat. 741, § 139b; Pub. L. 98–525, title XII, § 1242(b)(2), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2607; renumbered § 2433 and amended Pub. L. 99–433, title I, §§ 101(a)(5), 110(g)(8)(B), Oct. 1, 1986, 100 Stat. 995, 1004; Pub. L. 99–500, § 101(c) [title X, § 961(b)(1)], Oct. 18, 1986, 100 Stat. 1783–82, 1783–176, and Pub. L. 99–591, § 101(c) [title X, § 961(b)(1)], Oct. 30, 1986, 100 Stat. 3341–82, 3341–176; Pub. L. 99–661, div. A, title IX, formerly title IV, § 961(b)(1), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3956, renumbered title IX, Pub. L. 100–26, § 3(5), Apr. 21, 1987, 101 Stat. 273; Pub. L. 100–180, div. A, title XIII, § 1314(a)(1), Dec. 4, 1987, 101 Stat. 1175; Pub. L. 101–189, div. A, title VIII, § 811(a)(2), Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1490; Pub. L. 102–484, div. A, title VIII, § 817(d)(2), Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2456; Pub. L. 103–355, title III, § 3003(b), Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3329; Pub. L. 108–375, div. A, title VIII, § 801(a), Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 2004; Pub. L. 110–417, [div. A], title VIII, § 811(c)(2), Oct. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 4522.

Amendments

2021—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 116–283, § 1850(e)(3), designated first and second sentences as pars. (1) and (2), respectively, and inserted subsec. and par. headings. Pub. L. 116–283, § 1850(e)(2), as amended by Pub. L. 117–81, § 1701(b)(18), designated third sentence of subsec. (a) as (b). Pub. L. 116–283, § 1850(e)(1), transferred subsec. (b) of section 2433 of this title to this section and redesignated it as subsec. (a). Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 116–283, § 1850(e)(4)(A), as amended by Pub. L. 117–81, § 1701(o)(6)(E)(iii), substituted “section 4351(b)(3)” for “section 2432(b)(3)”. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 116–283, § 1850(e)(2), as amended by Pub. L. 117–81, § 1701(b)(18), designated third sentence of subsec. (a) as (b) and inserted heading. Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 116–283, § 1850(e)(4)(B), substituted “section 4214” for “section 2435”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2021 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 117–81 applicable as if included in the enactment of title XVIII of Pub. L. 116–283 as enacted, see section 1701(a)(2) of Pub. L. 117–81, set out in a note preceding section 3001 of this title and

Effective Date

note below.

Effective Date

Section and amendment by Pub. L. 116–283 effective Jan. 1, 2022, with additional provisions for delayed implementation and applicability of existing law, see section 1801(d) of Pub. L. 116–283, set out as an

Effective Date

of 2021 Amendment note preceding section 3001 of this title.

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Citation

10 U.S.C. § 4372

Title 10 — Armed Forces

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73