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FY2027 NDAA

Title XVI — Space Activities, Strategic Programs, and Intelligence Matters

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Title XVI of the FY2027 NDAA (Space Activities, Strategic Programs, and Intelligence Matters) contains 32 sections. Open any section for a TL;DR, the statutory text, and linked funding tables.

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Sec. 1601
Reorganization of acquisition responsibilities of the Space Force

Elimination of Space Development Agency(1)RepealSection 9087 of title 10, United States Code, is repealed.(2)Conforming amendments(A)Title 10Title 10, United…

acquisition-reform, space-force, cyber
Sec. 1602
Reorganization of oversight of the Department of Defense positioning, navigation, and timing enterprise

Section 2279b of title 10, United States Code, is repealed.(b)Designation of official(1)RequirementChapter 135 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by…

cyber
Sec. 1603
Space launch support services and alternative launch procurement process

Extension of transition limitations and reporting requirementsSection 2276a(e) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking fiscal years 2024…

acquisition-reform, space-force, cyber
Sec. 1604
Spaceport of the Future initiative

Section 1608 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119—60; 139 Stat. 1177) is amended by adding at the end the following…

ota, acquisition-reform, space-force, cyber
Sec. 1605
Procurement of commercial space-based data and to support wildfire resilience

Subject to the availability of appropriations for such purpose, the Secretary of the Air Force, acting through the Commercial Space Office and in coordination…

space-force, cyber
Sec. 1606
Continuation of Next-Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Polar program of the Department of the Air Force

Requirement to continue, maintain, and execute programSubject to the availability of appropriations made in advance for such purpose, the Secretary of the Air…

acquisition-reform, space-force, cyber
Sec. 1611
Expenditure of funds across fiscal years for Department of Defense intelligence and counterintelligence activities

Section 429a of title 10, United States Code, is amended—(1)in subsection (a), by striking subsections (b) and (c) and inserting subsections (b) and (d)…

cyber
Sec. 1612
Permanent authority for military intelligence collection and analysis partnerships

Section 1621 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118—31; 10 U.S.C. 421 note prec.) is amended—(1)in subsection (b), by…

cyber
Sec. 1613
Repeal of certain reporting and briefing requirements

Strategy and plan to implement certain defense intelligence reformsSection 1622 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law…

acquisition-reform
Sec. 1614
Modification of authority of Army counterintelligence agents to execute warrants and make arrests

Section 7377(b)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking during the four-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of the National…

cyber
Sec. 1615
Periodic strategy and assessment of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities to meet intelligence collection priorities

Chapter 21 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 426 the following new section:426a.Periodic strategy and assessment of…

acquisition-reform, space-force, cyber
Sec. 1616
Integration of open-source intelligence training and tradecraft into all-source intelligence analysis curricula

Subchapter I of chapter 21 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:430f.Integration of open-source…

acquisition-reform, cyber
Sec. 1617
Object-based generative artificial intelligence for open-source intelligence

The Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security shall assess the capabilities of the Defense Intelligence Enterprise that support the application…

cyber
Sec. 1618
Report on protection from disclosure of members of the Armed Forces under cover

Not later than November 1, 2027, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate a…

cyber
Sec. 1631
Matters relating to intercontinental ballistic missiles

Chapter 24 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:499d.Transfer authority to support intercontinental…

cyber
Sec. 1632
Designation of Air Force Global Strike Command as National Center for Conventional–Nuclear Integration

National Center for Conventional—Nuclear IntegrationSection 9068 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new…

acquisition-reform, cyber
Sec. 1633
Quadrennial report on the plan for the nuclear weapons stockpile, nuclear weapons complex, nuclear weapons delivery systems, and nuclear weapons command and control system

Section 492a of title 10, United States Code, is amended as follows:(1)In the heading, by striking Biennial and inserting Quadrennial.(2)In subsection…

cyber
Sec. 1634
Prohibition on reduction of intercontinental ballistic missiles of the United States

Except as provided in subsection (b), none of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2027 for the…

right-to-repair, cyber
Sec. 1635
Limitation on reallocation of funds for Ronald Reagan Space and Missile Test Range and United States Army Garrison Kwajalein Atoll

Funds authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2027 for activities at the Ronald Reagan Space and Missile Test Range or the…

space-force, cyber
Sec. 1636
Feasibility assessment for potential designation of Joint Global Strike Operations Center as Global Operations Center–Alternate

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force, in coordination with the Commander of the United States…

acquisition-reform, right-to-repair, cyber
Sec. 1637
Space Launch Complex 46

The Secretary of the Air Force may not take any action to reduce or modify the exclusive and priority use of Space Launch Complex 46 by the Secretary of the…

space-force, cyber
Sec. 1638
Modification of report requirement for certain decisions relating to nuclear weapons employment strategy of the United States

Section 491(c) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting , or a similar evaluation, after made pursuant to a Nuclear Posture Review…

cyber
Sec. 1639
Independent assessment of bone marrow radiation shielding for nuclear survivability

Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense, Policy…

cyber
Sec. 1651
Prohibition of unauthorized use of name or seal of the Missile Defense Agency

Section 5502 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:(d)Prohibition of unauthorized use of name or…

cyber
Sec. 1652
Removal of duplicative Missile Defense Agency testing requirement

Section 5534 of title 10, United States Code, is repealed.

cyber
Sec. 1653
Updated Middle East integrated air and missile defense strategy

Section 1658(b) of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (Public Law 117—263; 136 Stat. 2951) is amended by adding at…

iran, cyber
Sec. 1654
Next-generation integrated air and missile defense system munitions strategy

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees an…

cyber
Sec. 1655
Space-based interceptors

Independent life-cycle cost estimate(1)RequirementThe Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation shall conduct an independent life-cycle cost estimate…

acquisition-reform, space-force, cyber
Sec. 1656
Low-cost exo-atmospheric interceptor development

The Secretary of Defense, acting through the Director of the Missile Defense Agency, shall carry out a program to develop and demonstrate a low-cost…

acquisition-reform, cyber
Sec. 1661
Briefings and reports on cross-functional team for anomalous health incidents

Subsection (e) of section 910 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 117—81; 10 U.S.C. 111 note) is amended to read as…

cyber
Sec. 1662
Cooperative threat reduction funds

Of the $221,332,000 authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2027 in section 301 and made available by the funding table in…

cyber
Sec. 1663
Solid rocket motor industrial base

Solid Rocket Motor Qualification Working Group(1)EstablishmentNot later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense…

acquisition-reform, right-to-repair, cyber

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