Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-83
§6352 Engineering and Manufacturing Research, Development, and Demonstration by Managers of Certain Nuclear Weapons Production Facilities
Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle A— General Military Law › Part VI— ELEMENTS OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND OTHER MATTERS › Subpart B— Atomic Energy Defense › Chapter 608— ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS › Subchapter III— FACILITIES MANAGEMENT › § 6352
Summary
The Administrator must let each nuclear weapons production facility head set up an Engineering and Manufacturing R&D and Demonstration Program to support risky, high-payoff design and manufacturing work like replacing old tech, creating agile manufacturing, and training staff.
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Title 10, §6352
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(a)The Administrator shall authorize the head of each nuclear weapons production facility to establish an Engineering and Manufacturing Research, Development, and Demonstration Program under this section.
(b)The projects and activities carried out through the program at a nuclear weapons production facility under this section shall support innovative or high-risk design and manufacturing concepts and technologies with potentially high payoff for the nuclear security enterprise. Those projects and activities may include—
(1)replacement of obsolete or aging design and manufacturing technologies;
(2)development of innovative agile manufacturing techniques and processes; and
(3)training, recruitment, or retention of essential personnel in critical engineering and manufacturing disciplines.
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Prior Provisions
Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 2812 of Title 50, War and National Defense, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 119–60, § 3111(b)(1).
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10 U.S.C. § 6352
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 18, 2026
Release point: 119-83