---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 3042"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "3042"
heading: "Major defense acquisition program"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/3042"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part V — Acquisition"
  - "Subpart A — General"
  - "Chapter 201 — Definitions"
  - "Subchapter III — Definitions Relating to Major Systems and Major Defense Acquisition Programs"
---

# §3042. Major defense acquisition program


For the definition of the term “[major defense acquisition program](/usc/10/4201.md?p=a)” for purposes of this part, see [section 4201 of this title](/usc/10/4201.md).


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XVIII, § 1806(c)(1), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4154.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 3061 was renumbered section 7061 of this title.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective Jan. 1, 2022, with additional provisions for delayed implementation and applicability of existing law, see section 1801(d) of Pub. L. 116–283, set out as an Effective Date of 2021 Amendment note preceding section 3001 of this title.