Obtain and enforce technical-data rights for competition, repair and integration
- Objective
- Develop a technology; Bring a prototype into use; Protect technology and industry
- Family / instrument
- Intellectual property and technology transfer · Technical data & sustainment
- Statute
- Authority holder
- Secretary of Defense; program manager and authorized contracting officer for contractual rights/challenges
- Executor · routing lead
- Warranted contracting officer and program manager
Recorded eligibility gates (excerpt)
Assess development funding, data category, contract deliverables and actual rights.
FY26 §805 requires distinguishing missing contract-required data from additional desired data and negotiating options/licenses/escrow for the latter.All requirements & limits
Recorded funding condition (excerpt)
Purchase/license additional rights where necessary; funding does not automatically erase private rights.All funding conditions
What this does not authorize / limits
Private-expense data generally protected; statutory exceptions and negotiated rights are not ownership of all contractor IP.
- Data-rights license and actual delivery/access are separate requirements; follow restriction-challenge procedures.
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
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.