new acquisition program
Defined in 1 place of the United States Code.
The term “new acquisition program” means a defense acquisition program that has not reached the initiation of the engineering and manufacturing development phase, or an equivalent phase of development, including a defense acquisition program that has not undergone a formal Milestone B approval or equivalent decision point, before the date of the enactment of this Act.
Source
- 2026–present10 U.S.C. § 4865Armed Forces · Prohibition on acquisition of advanced batteries composed of materials from certain foreign sources · in this section