Definitions

In this section: (1) Congressional defense committees The term congressional defense committees has the meaning give such term in section 101(a) of title 10, United States Code. (2) Covered system The term covered system means— (A) an unmanned system that— (i) is designed for a limited number of missions; (ii) is expendable in high-threat environments; and (iii) is characterized by a low per-unit cost, relative to the value of the targets the unmanned system is designed to engage; and (B) includes— (i) the enabling software and hardware of such an unmanned system; (ii) unmanned aerial vehicles, unmanned underwater vehicles, and unmanned surface vehicles; (iii) capabilities to counter unmanned systems, including early warning systems, jamming systems, and interceptors; and (iv) command and control architecture, including software and hardware, to enable the integrated, secure, and resilient operation of unmanned systems and capabilities to counter unmanned systems. (3) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of Defense. (4) Working Group The term Working Group means the Strategic Defense Innovation Working Group established under section 3.