10 U.S.C. § 4422: Weapon system component or technology prototype projects: oversight

The Secretary of each military department shall establish an oversight board or identify a similar existing group of senior advisors for managing prototype projects for weapon system components and other technologies and subsystems, including the use of funds for such projects, within the military department concerned. expertise in requirements; research, development, test, and evaluation; acquisition; sustainment; or other relevant areas within the military department concerned; awareness of technology development activities and opportunities in the Department of Defense, industry, and other sources; and awareness of the component capability requirements of major weapon systems, including scheduling and fielding goals for such component capabilities. high priority warfighter needs; capability gaps or readiness issues with major weapon systems; opportunities to incrementally integrate new components into major weapon systems based on commercial technology or science and technology efforts that are expected to be sufficiently mature to prototype within three years; and opportunities to reduce operation and support costs of major weapon systems. To annually recommend funding levels for weapon system component or technology development and prototype projects across capability or weapon system component portfolios. To annually recommend to the service acquisition executive of the military department concerned specific weapon system component or technology development and prototype projects. To ensure projects are managed by experts within the Department of Defense who are knowledgeable in research, development, test, and evaluation and who are aware of opportunities for incremental deployment of component capabilities and other technologies to major weapon systems or directly to support warfighting capabilities. To ensure projects are conducted in a manner that allows for appropriate experimentation and technology risk. To ensure projects have a plan for technology transition of the prototype into a fielded system, program of record, or operational use, as appropriate, upon successful achievement of technical and project goals. To ensure necessary technical, contracting, and financial management resources are available to support each project. each weapon system component or technology prototype project initiated during the preceding six months, including an explanation of each project and its required funding. the results achieved from weapon system component prototype and technology projects completed and tested during the preceding six months.