ASSESSMENT OF RISK IN CONCURRENT DEVELOPMENT OF MAJOR DEFENSE ACQUISITION SYSTEMS

SEC. 801. ASSESSMENT OF RISK IN CONCURRENT DEVELOPMENT OF MAJOR DEFENSE ACQUISITION SYSTEMS (a) Establishment of Policy.—The Secretary of Defense shall establish guidelines for— (1) determining the degree of concurrency that is appropriate for the development of major defense acquisition systems; and (2) assessing the degree of risk associated with various degrees of concurrency. (b) Report on Guidelines.— The Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that describes the guidelines established under subsection (a) and the method used for assessing risk associated with concurrency. (c) Report on Concurrency in Major Acquisition Programs.—(1) The Secretary shall also submit to Congress a report outlining the risk associated with concurrency for each major defense acquisition program that is in either full-scale development or low-rate initial production as of January 1, 1990. (2) The report shall include consideration of the following matters with respect to each such program: (A) The degree of confidence in the enemy threat assessment for establishing the system’s requirements. (B) The type of contract involved. (C) The degree of stability in program funding. (D) The level of maturity of technology involved in the system. 103 STAT. 1484 (E) The availability of adequate test assets, including facilities and ranges. (F) The plans for transition from development to production. (d) Submission of Reports.— The reports under subsections (b) and (c) shall be submitted to Congress not later than March 1, 1990. (e) Definition.— For purposes of this section, the term “concurrency” means the degree of overlap between the development and production processes of an acquisition program.