PUBLIC LAW 103-160—NOV. 30, 1993 107 STAT. 1717 SEC. 835. PROGRAM PHASES AND PHASE FUNDING. (a) ACQUISITION PROGRAM PHASES. — It is the sense of Congress thal^ (1) the Secretary of Defense should propose that one or more defense acqiiisition programs proposed for participation in the Defense Acquisition Pilot Program be exempted from acquisition regulations regarding program phases that are applicable to other Department of Defense acquisition programs; and (2) a program so exempted should follow a simplified acquisition program cycle that is results oriented and consists of— (A) an integrated decision team meeting phase which— (i) could 1}e requested by a potential user of the system or component to be acquired, the head of a laboratory, or a program ofKce on such bases as the emergence of a new militery requirement, cost savings opportunity, or new technology opportunity; (ii) should be conducted by a program executive officer; and (iii) should usually be completed within 1 to 3 months; and (B) a prototype development and testing phase which should include operational tests and concerns relating to manufacturing operations and life cycle support, should usually be completed within 6 to 36 months, and should produce sufficient numbers of prototypes to assess operational utility; (C) a product integration, development, and testing phase which— (i) should include full-scale development, integration of components, and operational testing; and (ii) should usually be completed within 1 to 5 years; and (D) a phase for production, integration into existing systems, or production and integration into existing systems. (b) PHASE FUNDING.—TO the extent specific authorization is lo use 2430 provided for any defense acquisition program designated for participation in the Defense Acquisition Pilot Program, as required by section 809(b)(l) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (10 U.S.C. 2430 note), in a law authorizing appropriations for such program, enacted after the date of the enactment of this Act, and to the extent provided in appropriations Acts, the Secretary of Defense is authorized to expend for such defense acquisition program such sums as are necessary to carry out the next phase of the acquisition program cycle after the Secretary determines that objective quantifiable performance expectations relating to the execution of that phase have been identified. (c) MAJOR PROGRAM DECISION. — It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense should establish for one or more defense acquisition programs participating in the Defense Acquisition Pilot Program an approval process having one major decision point. note.
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