AUXILIARY PAYLOAD FOR NEXT GENERATION POLAR OVERHEAD PERSISTENT INFRARED SATELLITES.

SEC. 1609. AUXILIARY PAYLOAD FOR NEXT GENERATION POLAR OVERHEAD PERSISTENT INFRARED SATELLITES. (a) Revised Acquisition Strategy.—The Secretary of the Defense shall direct the milestone decision authority for the Next Generation Polar Overhead Persistent Infrared satellite program to revise the acquisition strategy for such program to include the auxiliary payload (commonly referred to “APS-A”) in the program of record. (b) Definitions.—In this section: (1) The term “acquisition strategy” means the acquisition strategy required under section 4211 of title 10, United States Code. (2) The term “milestone decision authority” have the meaning given that term in section 4211 of title 10, United States Code.