Instructs the Secretary of the Navy to designate an existing Navy program executive officer as the acquisition executive agent for autonomy by February 1, 2022. Requires that the acquisition executive agent for autonomy be responsible for the acquisition of autonomous technology, along with the officer's current executive duties.
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FY2021 NDAA, Division A, Title II, Section 218 ("Executive agent for autonomy")
ETO AGORA · U.S. federal laws · 2021
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Instructs the Secretary of the Navy to designate an existing Navy program executive officer as the acquisition executive agent for autonomy by February 1, 2022.
Requires that the acquisition executive agent for autonomy be responsible for the acquisition of autonomous technology, along with the officer's current executive duties.
Designates a Navy officer as acquisition executive agent for autonomous technology by February 1, 2022.
SEC. 218. EXECUTIVE AGENT FOR AUTONOMY.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than February 1, 2022, the Secretary of the Navy shall designate an existing program executive officer from within the Department of the Navy to serve as the acquisition executive agent for autonomy who shall be the official within the Department with primary responsibility for the acquisition of autonomous technology. The officer designated as acquisition executive agent for autonomy shall carry out the responsibilities of such position in addition to the responsibilities otherwise assigned to such officer as a program executive officer.
(b) PROGRAM EXECUTIVE OFFICER DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘program executive officer’’ has the meaning given that term in section 1737(a)(4) of title 10, United States Code.