(a) Transfer authority
Chapter 24 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
(b) Exception to limitation on expenditures for modifications for certain below-threshold modifications
Section 2244a(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
(c) Advance procurement of flight test kits
(1) Authority for multiyear procurement
Subject to section 3501 of title 10, United States Code, the Secretary of the Air Force may enter into one or more multiyear contracts, beginning in fiscal year 2027, for the procurement of flight test kits in support of the program of the Air Force Global Strike Command for operational test launches of the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile
(2) Authority for advance procurement
The Secretary of the Air Force may enter into one or more contracts for advance procurement associated with the procurement of the flight test kits for which contracts are authorized under subsection (a), including procurement of systems and subsystems associated with such flight test kits in economic order quantities when cost savings are achievable.
(3) Conditions for out-year contract payments
Any contract entered into under subsection (a) shall provide that any obligation of the United States to make a payment under the contract for a fiscal year after fiscal year 2027 is subject to the availability of appropriations for that purpose for such fiscal year.
(4) Termination
The authority of the Secretary of the Air Force to enter into contracts under subsection (a) shall terminate on September 30, 2030.
(d) Contract authority to mitigate certain diminishing sources and shortages
(1) Contract authority
Subject to the limitation under paragraph (2), the Secretary of the Air Force may enter into one or more contracts for the life-of-program procurement of components necessary to mitigate diminishing manufacturing sources or material shortages affecting a covered program.
(2) Notice and wait requirement
The Secretary may not enter into a contract under paragraph (1) until—
the Secretary submits to the congressional defense committees a written notification containing a detailed description of the proposed contract; and
a period of 15 days has elapsed following the date of such notification.
(e) Covered program defined
In this section, the term covered program has the meaning given such term in section 499d of title 10, United States Code, as added by subsection (a).