; (2) the Department of Defense’s plans to implement, communicate, and continuously improve the modernization of the Department’s requirements processes and structure; and (3) any additional recommendations for legislation that the Secretary determines appropriate. (e) Final report Not later than October 1, 2025, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Secretary of Defense and the congressional defense committees a final report describing activities carried out pursuant to subsections (b) and (c). 803. Head of Contracting Authority for Strategic Capabilities Office (a) Authority The Director of the Strategic Capabilities Office shall have the authority to conduct acquisition activities within the Strategic Capabilities Office. (b) Acquisition executive – (1) In general The staff of the Director shall include an acquisition executive, who shall be responsible for the overall supervision of acquisition matters for the Strategic Capabilities Office. The acquisition executive shall have the authority— (A) to negotiate memoranda of agreement with the military departments and Department of Defense components to carry out the acquisition of equipment, capabilities, and services on behalf of the Office; (B) to supervise the acquisition of equipment, capabilities, and services on behalf of the Office; (C) to represent the Office in discussions with the military departments regarding acquisition programs for which the Office is a customer; and (D) to work with the military departments to ensure that the Office is appropriately represented in any joint working group or integrated product team regarding acquisition programs for which the Office is a customer. (2) Delivery of acquisition solutions The acquisition executive of the Strategic Capabilities Office shall be— (A) responsible to the Director for rapidly delivering acquisition solutions to meet validated cyber operations-peculiar requirements; (B) subordinate to the defense acquisition executive in matters of acquisition