Title 15 — Commerce and TradeRelease 119-73not60

§5207 Department of Defense

Title 15 › Chapter 78— SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND COMPETITIVENESS › § 5207

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Defense must focus the Department’s superconductivity work on basic science, how to make superconducting materials, and real uses for new superconducting materials. The Secretary must also define the engineering limits for high-temperature superconductors and do the development, engineering, and prototype tests needed for Defense missions, using DARPA’s testing rules when appropriate. The Director of DARPA must help support federal and industry research and create the testing criteria for prototypes.

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Title 15, §5207

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(a)In conformance with the Superconductivity Action Plan, the Secretary of Defense, in the superconductivity research and development activities of the Department of Defense, shall give emphasis to fundamental research, materials processing, and applications of new superconducting materials.

(b)In conducting research under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall—

(1)systematically define the engineering parameters for high-temperature superconducting materials; and

(2)conduct the necessary development, engineering, and operational prototype testing considered appropriate to the overall mission of the Department of Defense. Such operational prototype testing shall, where appropriate, utilize criteria developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

(c)The Director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency shall, in conformance with the Superconductivity Action Plan, conduct activities to—

(1)augment, as appropriate, basic and applied superconductivity research conducted in other Federal agencies and industry; and

(2)develop criteria for operational prototype testing within the Department of Defense.

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15 U.S.C. § 5207

Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60