Continuously acquire, develop and update software and covered hardware
- Objective
- Bring a prototype into use
- Family / instrument
- Acquisition, transition and contract finance · Software acquisition
- Statute
- Authority holder
- Secretary of Defense; Service/component acquisition decision officials
- Executor · routing lead
- Warranted contracting officer and program manager
Recorded eligibility gates (excerpt)
Proven technologies/solutions, ongoing user engagement and cybersecurity metrics; statutory rapid-delivery objectives.
Covered hardware must meet commercial/nondevelopmental and embedded-software definition.All requirements & limits
Recorded funding condition (excerpt)
Appropriate software/hardware lifecycle funds; correct contracting instrument and sustained operations budget still needed.All funding conditions
What this does not authorize / limits
Exemptions from selected planning frameworks are not exemptions from all procurement, cybersecurity or fiscal requirements.
- Normally not treated as MDAP absent specific USD(A&S)/Service acquisition executive designation.
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.