HYPERSONICS DEVELOPMENT.

SEC. 218. HYPERSONICS DEVELOPMENT.(a) Establishment of Joint Technology Office on Hypersonics.—The Secretary of Defense shall establish within the Office of the Secretary of Defense a joint technology office on hypersonics. The office shall carry out the program required under subsection (b), and shall have such other responsibilities relating to hypersonics as the Secretary shall specify.(b) Program on Hypersonics.—The joint technology office established under subsection (a) shall carry out a program for the development of hypersonics for defense purposes.(c) Responsibilities.—In carrying out the program required by subsection (b), the joint technology office established under subsection (a) shall do the following:(1) Coordinate and integrate current and future research, development, test, and evaluation programs and system demonstration programs of the Department of Defense on hypersonics.(2) Undertake appropriate actions to ensure—(A) close and continuous integration of the programs on hypersonics of the military departments with the programs on hypersonics of the Defense Agencies;(B) coordination of the programs referred to in subparagraph (A) with the programs on hypersonics of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; and(C) that developmental testing resources are adequate and facilities are made available in a timely manner to support hypersonics research, demonstration programs, and system development.(3) Approve demonstration programs on hypersonic systems.(4) Ensure that any demonstration program on hypersonic systems that is carried out in any year after its approval under paragraph (3) is carried out only if certified under subsection (e) as being consistent with the roadmap under subsection (d).(d) Roadmap.—(1) Roadmap required.—The joint technology office established under subsection (a) shall develop, and every two years revise, a roadmap for the hypersonics programs of the Department of Defense.120 STAT. 2127(2) Coordination.—The roadmap shall be developed and revised under paragraph (1) in coordination with the Joint Staff and in consultation with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.(3) Elements.—The roadmap shall include the following matters:(A) Anticipated or potential mission requirements for hypersonics.(B) Short-term, mid-term, and long-term goals for the Department of Defense on hypersonics, which shall be consistent with the missions and anticipated requirements of the Department over the applicable period.(C) A schedule for meeting such goals, including—(i) the activities and funding anticipated to be required for meeting such goals; and(ii) the activities of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to be leveraged by the Department to meet such goals.(D) The test and evaluation facilities required to support the activities identified in subparagraph (C), along with the schedule and funding required to upgrade those facilities, as necessary.(E) Acquisition transition plans for hypersonics.(4) Submittal to congress.—The Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees—(A) at the same time as the submittal to Congress of the budget for fiscal year 2008 (as submitted pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code), the roadmap developed under paragraph (1); and(B) at the same time as the submittal to Congress of the budget for each even-numbered fiscal year after 2008, the roadmap revised under paragraph (1).(e) Annual Review and Certification of Funding.—(1) Annual review.—The joint technology office established under subsection (a) shall conduct on an annual basis a review of—(A) the funding available for research, development, test, and evaluation and demonstration programs within the Department of Defense for hypersonics, in order to determine whether or not such funding is consistent with the roadmap developed under subsection (d); and(B) the hypersonics demonstration programs of the Department, in order to determine whether or not such programs avoid duplication of effort and support the goals of the Department in a manner consistent with the roadmap developed under subsection (d).(2) Certification.—The joint technology office shall, as a result of each review under paragraph (1), certify to the Secretary whether or not the funding and programs subject to such review are consistent with the roadmap developed under subsection (d).(3) Termination.—The requirements of this subsection shall terminate after the submittal to Congress of the budget for fiscal year 2012 pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code.(f) Reports to Congress.—If, as a result of a review under subsection (e), funding or a program on hypersonics is certified 120 STAT. 2128 under that subsection not to be consistent with the roadmap developed under subsection (d), the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees, at the same time as the submittal to Congress of the budget (as submitted pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code), a report on such funding or program, as the case may be, describing how such funding or program is not consistent with the roadmap, together with a statement of the actions to be taken by the Department.