10 U.S.C. § 4403 | Requirements relating to availability of major system interfaces and support for modular open system approach

The Secretary of each military department shall—

(1)

coordinate with the other military departments, the defense agencies, defense and other private sector entities, national standards-setting organizations, and, when appropriate, with elements of the intelligence community with respect to the specification, identification, development, and maintenance of major system interfaces and standards for use in major system platforms, where practicable;

(2)

ensure major system interfaces are adequately designated and defined to achieve a modular open system approach and are delivered with supporting documentation necessary to enable the integration of components or modules provided by a third party into the modular system;

(3)

ensure that sufficient systems engineering and development expertise and resources are available to support the use of a modular open system approach in requirements development and acquisition program planning;

(4)

ensure that necessary planning, programming, and budgeting resources are provided to specify, identify, develop, and sustain the modular open system approach, associated major system interfaces, systems integration, and any additional program activities necessary to sustain innovation and interoperability;

(5)

ensure that adequate training in the use of a modular open system approach is provided to members of the requirements and acquisition workforce; and

(6)

issue guidance to implement the requirements of this section.

Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title VIII, § 805(a)(1)Dec. 23, 2016130 Stat. 2255 Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title VIII, § 840(b)Dec. 20, 2019133 Stat. 1499 Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1851(b)(1)Jan. 1, 2021134 Stat. 4272 Pub. L. 119–60, div. A, title XVIII, § 1832(b)Dec. 18, 2025139 Stat. 1253 (Added , , , § 2446c; amended , , ; renumbered § 4403, , , ; , , .)

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

Prior sections 4411 to 4414 were renumbered sections 7481 to 7484 of this title, respectively.

Pub. L. 100–180, div. A, title III, § 319(a)(1)Dec. 4, 1987101 Stat. 1077 Pub. L. 100–526, title I, § 106(c)Oct. 24, 1988102 Stat. 2625 Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A]Oct. 30, 2000114 Stat. 1654 A prior section 4415, added , , ; amended , , , related to United States Army School of the Americas, prior to repeal by , title IX, § 911(b)], , , 1654A-228.

Prior sections 4416 and 4417 were renumbered sections 7486 and 7487 of this title, respectively.

Amendments

Pub. L. 119–602025—Par. (2). amended par. (2) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (2) read as follows: “ensure that major system interfaces incorporate commercial standards and other widely supported consensus-based standards that are validated, published, and maintained by recognized standards organizations to the maximum extent practicable;”.

Pub. L. 116–283 section 2446c of this title2021— renumbered as this section.

Pub. L. 116–922019—Par. (6). added par. (6).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2021 Amendment

Pub. L. 116–283Jan. 1, 2022section 1801(d) of Pub. L. 116–283 section 3001 of this titleAmendment by effective , with additional provisions for delayed implementation and applicability of existing law, see , set out as a note preceding .

Effective Date

Jan. 1, 2017section 805(a)(4) of Pub. L. 114–328 section 4401 of this titleSection effective , see , set out as a note under .