findings: (1) General Joe Dunford, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, stated, The United States military is in a fierce competition to harness the benefits of emerging technologies, including hy­per­son­ics … as these developments will fundamentally change the character of war. . (2) General John Hyten, Commander of United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) stated, China is swiftly developing and testing a hy­per­son­ic-glide vehicle capability, a technology used to defeat ballistic missile defenses. . (3) General Hyten also stated, President Putin announced Russia’s development of … a maneuverable hypersonic glide vehicle, which only reinforce Russia’s commitment to develop weapons designed to intimidate and coerce the U.S. and its allies. . (4) Admiral Harry Harris, Commander of USPACOM stated, China and Russia continue to develop and operationally field advanced counter-intervention technologies which include fielding and testing of highly maneuverable re-entry vehicle/warhead (i.e., hypersonic weapons) capabilities that challenge U.S. strategic, operational, and tactical freedom of movement and maneuver. China and Russia also present other notable challenges in the form of cruise missiles and small-unmanned aircraft systems (s–UAS) which fly different trajectories, making them hard to detect, acquire, track, and intercept. . (b) Acceleration of program The Director of the Missile Defense Agency shall accelerate the hypersonic missile defense program of the Missile Defense Agency. (c) Deployment The Director shall deploy such program in conjunction with a persistent space-based missile defense sensor program. (d) Report (1) In general Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on how hypersonic missile defense can be accelerated to meet emerging hypersonic threats. (2) Contents The report submitted under paragraph (1) shall include the following: (A) An estimate of the cost of such acceleration. (B) The