10 U.S.C. § 2273a — Space Rapid Capabilities Office

(a) In General .— There is within the Space Force a program office known as the Space Rapid Capabilities Office (in this section referred to as the “Office”). The facilities of the Office cannot be co-located with the headquarters facilities of the Space Force Space Systems Command.

(b) Head of Office .— The head of the Office is the designee of the Secretary of the Air Force. The head of the Office must report to the Chief of Space Operations.

(c) Mission .— The mission of the Office is— (1) to contribute to the development of low-cost, rapid reaction payloads, busses, launch, and launch control capabilities in order to fulfill joint military operational requirements for on-demand space support and reconstitution; (2) to coordinate and execute space rapid capabilities efforts across the Department of Defense for planning, acquisition, and operations; and (3) to rapidly develop and field new classified space capabilities.

(d) Acquisition Authority .— The acquisition activities of the Office is subject to the following:
(1) The Secretary of the Air Force must designate the acquisition executive of the Office who must provide streamlined acquisition authorities for projects of the Office.
(2) The Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System process must not apply to acquisitions by the Office.

(e) Required Program Element .— (1) The Secretary of the Air Force must ensure, within budget program elements for space programs, that— (A) there are separate, dedicated unclassified and classified program elements for space rapid capabilities; and (B) the Office executes the responsibilities of the Office through that program elements.
(2) The Office must manage the program elements required by paragraph (1).

(f) Board of Directors .— The Secretary of the Air Force must establish for the Office a Board of Directors (to be known as the “Space Rapid Capabilities Board of Directors”) to provide coordination, oversight, and approval of projects of the Office.