In this section, the term “milestone B decision” means the decision to approve the system development and demonstration of a major system by the official of the Department of Defense designated to have the authority to make that decision.

Any increase from a quantity determined under paragraph (1) may only be made with the approval of the official making the determination.

The quantity of articles of a major system that may be procured for low-rate initial production may not be less than one operationally configured production unit unless another quantity is established at the milestone B decision.

The Secretary of Defense shall include a statement of the quantity determined under paragraph (1) in the first SAR submitted with respect to the program concerned after that quantity is determined. If the quantity exceeds 10 percent of the total number of articles to be produced, as determined at the milestone B decision with respect to that system, the Secretary shall include in the statement the reasons for such quantity. For purposes of this paragraph, the term “SAR” means a Selected Acquisition Report submitted under section 4351 of this title.

to provide production-configured or representative articles for operational tests pursuant to section 4171 of this title;

to establish an initial production base for the system; and

to permit an orderly increase in the production rate for the system sufficient to lead to full-rate production upon the successful completion of operational testing.