Conduct and purchase defense-relevant research and development
Conduct basic, applied and advanced research and development internally, through military departments, by contract, or by agreement with another federal agency.
Contracts & purchases
ACQ-34 / Research, innovation and experimentation
Sell commercial access to designated DoD test ranges and facilities
Contract with commercial entities for commercial test/evaluation activity at a designated Major Range and Test Facility Installation, recovering costs.
At a glance
Possible toolACQ-34 · Other statutory tools
Legal basis10 U.S.C. §4175
Responsible rolesPlanning · funds · approval · execution
Authority holder: Secretary of Defense; installation commander may receive specified indirect-cost delegation
Other statutory tools
Mechanism tags describe the source text; they do not expand the authority.
Availability and verification
Express statutory pathway; award-specific appropriations, available balances, delegations, implementation and approvals not independently verified.
Requirements and limits
Eligibility & prerequisites
- Designated installation and compatible commercial test activity.
- Recover all direct costs; indirect costs as Secretary determines appropriate.
Limits & exclusions
- Contract must allow immediate termination/prohibition/suspension for public health/safety, property, national-security or foreign-policy detriment.
Funding conditions
- Collected reimbursements credited to accounts that incurred cost.
Who contributes what
Need & planning
- Commercial user and range commander
Resources
- Range/test installation operating accounts
Approval
- Secretary of Defense/authorized contracting official; commander for delegated indirect-cost judgment
Office profile
Execution
- Range contracting office and test workforce
Partners & review
- Commercial customer; safety/security/range scheduling officials
Office links are editorial matches to the original role text, not verified delegations. Composite labels and unmatched actors are preserved.
Coordination pathway
Customer → range planning/safety/security → cost and availability determination → contract → test and reimbursement.
Actor and execution-role sources
Legal basis
- 10 U.S.C. §4175Primary statutory text; primary GovInfo baseline and amendment audit identified in research narrative.
What this research establishes
Legal basisSources linkedLegal sources and instrument limits are recorded.
RequirementsGates recordedRead the requirements for this instrument; applicability depends on the proposed action.
Public fundingRules recordedThe record states funding rules and conditions; no program amount is attributed to this action.
Assigned rolesRoles recordedPublic sources describe institutional authority. The instrument identifies approval and execution roles; a specific signature remains transaction-dependent.
EngagementProgram-specificRecorded executing role: Range contracting office and test workforce. Use the responsible program’s process.
Confidence: High on express authority and cited conditions; execution assignment is illustrative unless statute expressly names it.
Currentness: GovInfo 2024 Code (includes FY2025 NDAA, P.L. 118-159) read in full for cited provision; targeted FY2026 NDAA P.L. 119-60 amendment/repeal sweep. No claim of complete legislative currency through 2026-10-02; remaining 2026 delta needs counsel validation.
Review scope: Original research target October 2, 2026; no record-specific last-review date supplied. Publication is not legal-currentness certification.