100 STAT. 3924
PUBLIC LAW 99-661—NOV. 14, 1986
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"(2) The term 'major munitions program'means— "(A) a munition program for which more than 1,000,000 r• >^. rounds are planned to be acquired; or "(B) a conventional munitions program that is a major system within the meaning of that term in section 2302(5) of this title. "(3) The term 'major defense acquisition program' means— "(A) a conventional weapons system that is a major system within the meaning of that term in section 2302(5) of this title; and "(B) is designed for use in combat. "(4) The term 'realistic survivability testing' means, in the '• ';^i;?: fjffj case of a covered system, testing for vulnerability and survivability of the system in combat by firing munitions likely to be ,;,; encountered in combat (or munitions with a capability similar to such munitions) at the system configured for combat, with ff r the primary emphasis on testing vulnerability with respect to potential user casualties and taking into equal consideration the operational requirements and combat performance of the system. "(5) The term 'realistic lethality testing' means, in the case of
- i~' a major munitions program or a missile program, testing for
lethality by firing the munition or missile concerned at appropriate targets configured for combat. "(6) The term 'configured for combat', with respect to a weapon system, platform, or vehicle, means loaded or equipped with all dangerous materials (including all flammables and explosives) that would normally be on board in combat. "(7) The term 'operational test and evaluation' has the mean10 USC 138. ing given that term in section 138(a)(2)(A) of this title.". (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding after the item relating to section 2365 (as added by section 909) the following new item: "2366. Major systems and munitions programs: survivability and lethality testing; operational testing.".
10 USC 2366 "°*®-
(b) EFFECTIVE D A T E. — S e c t i o n 2366 of title 10, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)), shall apply with respect to any decision to proceed with a program beyond low-rate initial production that is made— (1) after May 31, 1987, in the case of a decision referred to in subsection (a)(1) or (a)(2) of such section; or (2) after the date of the enactment of this Act, in the case of a decision referred to in subsection (a)(3) of such section. (c)
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(OT&E).—Subsection (g)(1) of section 138 of such title (as redesignated by section 101(a) of the Gold water-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-433)) is amended by striking out "January 15" in the second sentence and all that follows through 'is prepared' and inserting in lieu thereof "10 days after the transmission of the budget for the next fiscal year under section 1105 of title 31".
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