---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 2438"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "2438"
heading: "Renumbered § 4273"
status: "renumbered"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/2438"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part IV — Service, Supply, and Property"
  - "Chapter 144 — Repealed"
---

# [§2438. Renumbered § 4273 — renumbered]



## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 2438, added Pub. L. 102–484, div. A, title VIII, § 821(a)(1)(B), Oct. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 2459; amended Pub. L. 103–160, div. A, title IX, § 904(d)(1), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat. 1728, required competitive prototyping of major weapon systems and subsystems prior to development under major defense acquisition program, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103–355, title III, § 3006(a), Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3331.

Another prior section 2438 was renumbered section 2439 of this title and was subsequently repealed.