with the National Defense Strategy of the Department of Defense of 2018, the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering shall have the authority to direct the Secretaries of the military departments, and the heads of all other elements of the Department of Defense with regard to matters for which the Under Secretary has responsibility, with respect to programs, projects, and activities in connection with technology areas given priority, including technology areas as follows: (1) Directed energy. (2) Hypersonics. (3) Artificial intelligence. (4) Future space satellite architectures. (b) Direction of Secretary of Defense (1) In general The Under Secretary shall carry out any powers and duties under this section under the authority, direction, and control of the Secretary. (2) Construction of authority Nothing in this section may be construed as altering or revising the authority, direction, and control of the Under Secretary by the Secretary of Defense and the Deputy Secretary of Defense. (c) Satellite architectures (1) No directional authority for space launch vehicles The authority in subsection (a) with respect to future space satellite architectures does not include the following: (A) Authority for space launch vehicles. (B) Authority for direction of the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program, including any program, project, or activity relating to the Next Generation Launch System. (2) Final decisional authority on architectures The Deputy Secretary of Defense shall have final decisional authority over any decision on future space satellite architecture under the authority in subsection (a). The Deputy Secretary shall exercise such final decisional authority in consultation with the Secretaries of the military departments. (d) Coordination In executing powers and duties under this section, the Under Secretary shall consult with appropriate officials of the military departments and the Defense Agencies in order to maximize support of effective and efficient execution of the National Defense