10 U.S.C. § 4232

(a) In General .— The Department of Defense shall not use a lowest price technically acceptable source selection process for the engineering and manufacturing development contract of a major defense acquisition program. (b) Definitions .— In this section: (1) Lowest price technically acceptable source selection process .— The term “lowest price technically acceptable source selection process” has the meaning given that term in part 15 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. (2) Engineering and manufacturing development contract .— The term “engineering and manufacturing development contract” means a prime contract for the engineering and manufacturing development of a major defense acquisition program.