10 USC § 4425 - Definition of weapon system component

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title: "10 USC § 4425 - Definition of weapon system component"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "4425"
section_name: "Definition of weapon system component"
chapter_number: 327
chapter_name: "WEAPON SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED MATTERS"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "DEVELOPMENT, PROTOTYPING, AND DEPLOYMENT OF WEAPON SYSTEM COMPONENTS OR TECHNOLOGY"
part_number: "V"
part_name: "ACQUISITION"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title VIII, § 806(a)(1), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2259, § 2447e; renumbered § 4425 and amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1851(c)(1), (5), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4272, 4273.)"
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# § 4425. Definition of weapon system component

section 4401 of this title

In this subchapter, the term “weapon system component” has the meaning given the term “major system component” in .

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title VIII, § 806(a)(1), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2259, § 2447e; renumbered § 4425 and amended Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1851(c)(1), (5), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4272, 4273.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2021—, substituted “section 4401” for “section 2446a”.

, renumbered  as this section.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2021 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , with additional provisions for delayed implementation and applicability of existing law, see , set out as a note preceding .

### Effective Date

Section effective , see , set out as a note under .