Conduct and purchase defense-relevant research and development
- Objective
- Develop a technology
- Family / instrument
- Research, innovation and experimentation · Research & experimentation
- Statute
- Authority holder
- Secretary of Defense or Secretary of a military department
- Executor · routing lead
- DARPA Contracts Management Office or Service contracting/grants/agreements office; Performing laboratory or external research performer
Recorded eligibility gates (excerpt)
Research must be necessary to departmental R&D responsibilities and concern military needs or potential DoD interest.All requirements & limits
Recorded funding condition (excerpt)
Appropriate available RDT&E or other lawfully available funds; budget owner must document purpose, period and amount.All funding conditions
What this does not authorize / limits
Not authority to fund a project with no potential defense interest.
- An interagency execution route does not transfer the partner agency’s distinct sovereign powers to DoD.
Legal basisSources linked
RequirementsGates recorded
Public fundingRules recorded
Assigned rolesRoles recorded
EngagementRole recorded
Public evidence describes the institution and instrument; it is not approval of an individual transaction. Express statutory pathway; award-specific appropriations, available balances, delegations, implementation and approvals not independently verified.
Actor sources
- DARPA Contracts Management Office — award and administration roles
- DEVCOM ARL Broad Agency Announcement — program managers and award instruments
- Office of Naval Research — funding opportunities
Independent public-source guide; not an official U.S. government website. Original research target October 2, 2026; published October 3, 2026. Read the full record for currentness, coordination and all source notes.