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INT-43 / International business, logistics and investment

Jointly develop emerging technology with specified irregular-warfare technology partners

New FY26 law permits joint emerging-technology RDT&E with a defined preexisting partner set under safeguards, cost sharing and U.S. intellectual-property rights.

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At a glance

Possible toolINT-43 · Cooperation & exchanges

Authority holder: Secretary of Defense on covered partner Ministry of Defense request; State, Commerce and DNI consultation.

Cooperation & exchanges

Mechanism tags describe the source text; they do not expand the authority.

Availability and verification

New express statutory pathway, but initial country reports/designation and funded implementation not established from public sources.

Requirements and limits

Eligibility & prerequisites

  • Partner-request trigger and qualifying historic agreement.
  • No activity until country-specific congressional report including cost/security MOA and certification.
  • IP rights, semiannual spending reports and safeguards against adversary access.

Limits & exclusions

  • Not authorization to cooperate with every country.
  • EAR and all applicable arms-export laws expressly retained, including fundamental research/open-source/standards activities.
  • Public evidence of completed reporting/designation not verified.

Funding conditions

  • Cost sharing including in-kind; actual appropriations and agreement required.

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Who contributes what

Need & planning

  • Irregular Warfare Technology Support Directorate (lead after required designation)
  • Covered partner Ministry of Defense

Resources

  • Purpose-available RDT&E/program funds and agreed partner shares

Approval

  • Secretary of Defense
    Office profile
  • State, Commerce and DNI consultation
  • Required congressional report before activity

Execution

  • IWTSD and authorized program contracting/agreement offices

Partners & review

  • Country with qualifying U.S. bilateral agreement managed by IWTSD as of2025-06-01

Office links are editorial matches to the original role text, not verified delegations. Composite labels and unmatched actors are preserved.

Coordination pathway

Covered-country request → IWTSD/State/Commerce/DNI design → MOA/certification and congressional report → SecDef lead designation → controlled joint RDT&E.

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Legal basis

What this research establishes

Legal powerSource and conditions recorded
EligibilityProject-specific check needed
Available fundsBalances not verified
DelegationValid signature authority must be checked
ExecutionOffice capacity and approvals must be checked

Confidence: High on express statutory capability; execution/delegation and currently available resources require program-specific confirmation.

Currentness: Pub. L.119-60§1234 enacted2025-12-18; full primary text read. Implementation prerequisites and later amendment delta not certified.

Research target: October 2, 2026. A record-specific last-review date is not supplied. Publication date is not legal-currentness certification.

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