Section 2439, added [Pub. L. 99–145, title IX, § 912(a)(1)], Nov. 8, 1985, [99 Stat. 685], § 2305a; amended [Pub. L. 99–433, title I, § 110(g)(3)], Oct. 1, 1986, [100 Stat. 1004]; renumbered § 2438 and amended [Pub. L. 100–26, § 7(b)(9)(A)], (k)(2), Apr. 21, 1987, [101 Stat. 280], 284; [Pub. L. 101–510, div. A, title VIII, § 805], Nov. 5, 1990, [104 Stat. 1591]; renumbered § 2439, [Pub. L. 102–484, div. A, title VIII, § 821(a)(1)(A)], Oct. 23, 1992, [106 Stat. 2459], directed Secretary of Defense, before full-scale development under major program began, to prepare acquisition strategy which ensured that contracts for each major program, including each major subsystem under program, were awarded in accordance with acquisition strategy, and granted Secretary option of using competitive alternative sources for major programs and major subsystems throughout period.
