Modification of requirement for nuclear-armed, sea-launched cruise missile initial operational capability

Section 1640 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118–31; 137 Stat. 595) is amended— (1) by redesignating subsections (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), and (g), as subsections (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), and (h), respectively; (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new subsection (b): (b) Rapid fielding parallel path In parallel to the major defense acquisition program described in subsection (a), the Department of Defense is authorized to utilize the middle tier acquisition authorities established by section 3602 of title 10, United States Code, to rapidly develop, prototype, and field a nuclear-armed, sea-launched cruise missile that can provide for a residual operational capability prior to the date of initial operational capability established by subsection (c).; and (3) in subsection (c), as so redesignated, by striking 2034 and inserting 2032.