cost estimate
Defined in 4 places of the United States Code.
In this section, the terms “cost estimate”, “critical cost growth threshold”, “current Baseline Estimate”, “major system”, and “total acquisition cost” have the meaning given those terms in section 3101(a) of this title.
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- 2013–present50 U.S.C. § 3102War and National Defense · Critical cost growth in major systems · in this section
In this section, the terms “cost estimate”, “critical cost growth threshold”, “current Baseline Estimate”, “major system”, and “total acquisition cost” have the meaning given those terms in section 415a–7(a) of this title.
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- 2010–present50 U.S.C. § 415a-8War and National Defense · Transferred · in this section
The term “cost estimate”—
(A) means an assessment and quantification of all costs and risks associated with the acquisition of a major system based upon reasonably available information at the time the Director establishes the 2010 adjusted total acquisition cost for such system pursuant to subsection (h) or restructures such system pursuant to section 3102(c) of this title; and
(B) does not mean an “independent cost estimate”.
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- 2013–present50 U.S.C. § 3101War and National Defense · Reports on the acquisition of major systems · in this section
The term “cost estimate”—
(A) means an assessment and quantification of all costs and risks associated with the acquisition of a major system based upon reasonably available information at the time the Director establishes the 2010 adjusted total acquisition cost for such system pursuant to subsection (h) or restructures such system pursuant to section 415a–8(c) of this title; and
(B) does not mean an “independent cost estimate”.
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- 2010–present50 U.S.C. § 415a-7War and National Defense · Transferred · in this section