§4253 Major Defense Acquisition Programs: Submissions to Congress on Milestone C

Summary

Within 15 days after approving Milestone C for a major defense acquisition program, the milestone decision authority must send a short report to the congressional defense committees and, for intelligence work, to the congressional intelligence committees. The report must give the program’s estimated cost and schedule from the military department (including program acquisition unit cost, average procurement unit cost, and total life-cycle cost, and planned dates for initial operational test and evaluation and initial operational capability). It must also include the independent cost and schedule estimates required by law, a brief summary of production, manufacturing, and fielding risks, and an assessment of whether developmental testing so far is sufficient, including any use of automated data analytics or modeling and simulation. If a committee asks, the milestone decision authority must provide more detail or the underlying documents, including the independent cost and schedule estimates and independent technical risk assessments. The term “congressional intelligence committees” means those committees defined in section 437(c) of this title.