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Action brief · ACQ-34

Sell commercial access to designated DoD test ranges and facilities

Objective
Develop a technology; Improve facilities and energy
Family / instrument
Research, innovation and experimentation · Test infrastructure
Statute
Authority holder
Secretary of Defense; installation commander may receive specified indirect-cost delegation
Executor · routing lead
Range contracting office and test workforce

Recorded eligibility gates (excerpt)

Designated installation and compatible commercial test activity.
Recover all direct costs; indirect costs as Secretary determines appropriate.
All requirements & limits

Recorded funding condition (excerpt)

Collected reimbursements credited to accounts that incurred cost.
All funding conditions

What this does not authorize / limits

Must allow immediate termination/prohibition/suspension for public health/safety, property, national-security or foreign-policy detriment.

Legal basisSources linked
RequirementsGates recorded
Public fundingRules recorded
Assigned rolesRoles 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.