Action brief · OEC-04

Coordinate technology scouting and acquisition investment decisions

Objective

Develop a technology; Bring a prototype into use; Protect technology and industry

Family / instrument

Industrial capacity, capital and credit · Scouting and investment coordination

Statute

Authority holder

Office of Expanded Competition within the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force; headed by the OEC Director

Executor · routing lead

Office of Expanded Competition Director

Recorded eligibility gates (excerpt)

Connect the support to DoD scouting or acquisition elements and adversarial capital flows described in §9025(c)(1).

Confirm the holder and applicable conditions of any other component's authority used.

All requirements & limits

Recorded funding condition (excerpt)

§9025 does not specify a dedicated appropriation or available balance. Identify legally available funds and the fiscal conditions of the proposed action.

All funding conditions

What this does not authorize / limits

Coordination does not automatically transfer another component's authority or authorize OEC to sign its awards.

Legal basisSources linked

RequirementsGates recorded

Public fundingScope documented

Assigned rolesRemit sourced

EngagementRole recorded

Public evidence describes the institution and instrument; it is not approval of an individual transaction. Statutory duty recorded; operating procedures, current funding, individual delegation and public intake have not been verified.

Actor sources

10 U.S.C. §9025(a)–(c): organizational placement, Director and duties

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