Include bridge prototype or initial production units in a research contract
- Objective
- Develop a technology; Bring a prototype into use
- Family / instrument
- Research, innovation and experimentation · Transition & scaling
- Statute
- Authority holder
- Secretary of Defense, Army, Navy or Air Force
- Executor · routing lead
- Warranted contracting officer and program manager
Recorded eligibility gates (excerpt)
Initial contract comes from competitive general-solicitation proposal selection.
Additional units must be minimum needed pending timely competitive follow-on.All requirements & limits
Recorded funding condition (excerpt)
Appropriate research or procurement funds according to work; value ceiling is not funding.All funding conditions
What this does not authorize / limits
Line item/option term not more than 2 years; statutory value limit $100m in FY2017 constant dollars.
- Does not authorize indefinitely bypassing follow-on competition.
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
- P.L. 119-60 §1802 / 10 U.S.C. 1732 — portfolio plans, budgets, execution and reporting chain
- DEVCOM ARL Broad Agency Announcement — program managers and award instruments
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.