MODIFICATION OF MILESTONE DECISION AUTHORITY FOR SPACE-BASED GROUND AND AIRBORNE MOVING TARGET INDICATION SYSTEMS.

SEC. 1654. MODIFICATION OF MILESTONE DECISION AUTHORITY FOR SPACE-BASED GROUND AND AIRBORNE MOVING TARGET INDICATION SYSTEMS. (a) Milestone Decision Authority.—Subsection (b) of section 1684 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31; 10 U.S.C. 2271 note) is amended— (1) by inserting “the” after “shall be”; (2) by striking “for Milestone A approval (as defined in section 4211 of such title)”; (3) by striking “The Secretary of the Air Force” and inserting the following: “(1) In general The Secretary of the Air Force” ; and (4) by adding at the end the following new paragraph (2): “(2) Appointment of program executive officer The service acquisition executive for the Air Force for space systems and programs shall appoint a program executive officer, and designate an office, for the acquisition of space-based air and moving target indication systems.” . (b) Initial Operational Capability.—Such section is further amended— (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection (c): “(c) Initial Operational Capability.—Not later than May 31, 2025, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall— “(1) designate a date by which the space-based ground moving target indication system will achieve initial operational capability; and “(2) notify the congressional defense committees of such date.” .