10 USC § 5532 - Hypersonic defense capability development

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s5532"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "10 USC § 5532 - Hypersonic defense capability development"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "5532"
section_name: "Hypersonic defense capability development"
chapter_number: 551
chapter_name: "MISSILE DEFENSE"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "MISSILE DEFENSE CAPABILITIES"
part_number: "VI"
part_name: "ELEMENTS OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND OTHER MATTERS"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 118–159, div. A, title XVI, § 1649(a), Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 2194.)"
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# § 5532. Hypersonic defense capability development

**(a)** **Executive Agent.—** The Director of the Missile Defense Agency shall serve as the executive agent for the Department of Defense for the development of a capability by the United States to counter hypersonic boost-glide vehicle capabilities and conventional prompt strike capabilities that may be employed against the United States, the allies of the United States, and the deployed forces of the United States.

**(b)** **Duties.—** In carrying out subsection (a), the Director shall—

**(1)** develop architectures for a hypersonic defense capability, from detecting threats to intercepting such threats, that—

**(A)** involves systems of the military departments and the Defense Agencies; and

**(B)** includes both kinetic and nonkinetic options for such interception; and

**(2)** not later than September 30, 2017, establish a program of record to develop a hypersonic defense capability.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 118–159, div. A, title XVI, § 1649(a), Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 2194.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 5532, , , set forth classes of persons prohibited from enlisting in the naval service, prior to repeal by , (b), , .

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in , , , which was set out in a note under , prior to repeal by , , .