{"identifier":"/us/usc/t10/s4271","title":10,"num":"\u00a7\u202f4271.","heading":"Program cost, fielding, and performance goals in planning major defense acquisition programs","text":"\u00a7\u202f4271.\nProgram cost, fielding, and performance goals in planning major defense acquisition programs\n(a)\nProgram Cost and Fielding Targets.\u2014\n(1) Before funds are obligated for technology development, systems development, or production of a major defense acquisition program, the designated milestone decision authority for the program shall ensure, by establishing the goals described in paragraph (2), that the program will\u2014\n(A) be affordable;\n(B) incorporate program planning that anticipates the evolution of capabilities to meet changing threats, technology insertion, and interoperability; and\n(C) be fielded when needed.\n(2) The goals described in this paragraph are goals for\u2014\n(A) the procurement unit cost and sustainment cost (referred to in this section as the \u201cprogram cost targets\u201d);\n(B) the date for initial operational capability (referred to in this section as the \u201cfielding target\u201d); and\n(C) technology maturation, prototyping, and a modular open system approach to evolve system capabilities and improve interoperability.\n(b)\nDefinitions.\u2014\nIn this section:\n(1) The term \u201cprocurement unit cost\u201d has the meaning provided in\nsection 4351(a)(2) of this title\n(2) The term \u201cinitial capabilities document\u201d has the meaning provided in\nsection 4251(d)(1) of this title","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t10/s4271.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t10/s4271","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f4271."},{"t":"heading","text":"Program cost, fielding, and performance goals in planning major defense acquisition programs"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t10/s4271/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Program Cost and Fielding Targets.\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t10/s4271/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" Before funds are obligated for technology development, systems development, or production of a major defense acquisition program, the designated milestone decision authority for the program shall ensure, by establishing the goals described in paragraph (2), that the program will\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t10/s4271/a/1/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" be affordable;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t10/s4271/a/1/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" incorporate program planning that anticipates the evolution of capabilities to meet changing threats, technology insertion, and interoperability; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t10/s4271/a/1/C","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(C)"},{"t":"content","text":" be fielded when needed.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t10/s4271/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"chapeau","text":" The goals described in this paragraph are goals for\u2014"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t10/s4271/a/2/A","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(A)"},{"t":"content","text":" the procurement unit cost and sustainment cost (referred to in this section as the \u201cprogram cost targets\u201d);","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t10/s4271/a/2/B","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(B)"},{"t":"content","text":" the date for initial operational capability (referred to in this section as the \u201cfielding target\u201d); and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subpara","id":"/us/usc/t10/s4271/a/2/C","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(C)"},{"t":"content","text":" technology maturation, prototyping, and a modular open system approach to evolve system capabilities and improve interoperability.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t10/s4271/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions.\u2014"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"In this section:"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t10/s4271/b/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" The term \u201cprocurement unit cost\u201d has the meaning provided in ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 4351(a)(2) of this title","href":"/us/usc/t10/s4351/a/2","tail":"."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t10/s4271/b/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" The term \u201cinitial capabilities document\u201d has the meaning provided in ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 4251(d)(1) of this title","href":"/us/usc/t10/s4251/d/1","tail":"."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}