Title 10Armed ForcesRelease 119-73

§4425 Definition of weapon system component

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 327— - WEAPON SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED MATTERS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - DEVELOPMENT, PROTOTYPING, AND DEPLOYMENT OF WEAPON SYSTEM COMPONENTS OR TECHNOLOGY › § 4425

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Title 10, §4425

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In this subchapter, the term “weapon system component” has the meaning given the term “major system component” in section 4401 of this title.

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Amendments

2021—Pub. L. 116–283, § 1851(c)(5), substituted “section 4401” for “section 2446a”. Pub. L. 116–283, § 1851(c)(1), renumbered section 2447e of this title as this section.

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Effective Date

of 2021 AmendmentAmendment 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 a note preceding section 3001 of this title.

Effective Date

Section effective Jan. 1, 2017, see section 806(a)(2) of Pub. L. 114–328, set out as a note under section 4421 of this title.

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10 U.S.C. § 4425

Title 10Armed Forces

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Apr 6, 2026

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