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
OEC-07 / Research, innovation and experimentation
Prototype and validate due-diligence analytical tools
Experiment with, prototype, test and validate government or commercial analytical tools, processes and tradecraft to improve DoD due diligence and investment analysis, including use of relevant delegated authorities vested in other components.
At a glance
Mission goalDevelop a technologyBring a prototype into use
Possible toolOEC-07 · Other statutory tools
Legal basis10 U.S.C. §9025(c)(7)
Responsible rolesPlanning · funds · approval · execution
Authority holder: Office of Expanded Competition within the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force; headed by the OEC Director
Other statutory tools
Mechanism tags describe the source text; they do not expand the authority.
Availability and verification
Statutory duty recorded; operating procedures, current funding, individual delegation and public intake have not been verified.
Requirements and limits
Eligibility & prerequisites
- Tools, processes or tradecraft must improve DoD due diligence or investment analysis.
- Verify any relevant delegated authority used from another DoD or Federal component.
Limits & exclusions
- The reference to delegated authorities does not establish a blanket OT power or prove that another component's power has been delegated to OEC.
Funding conditions
- §9025 does not specify a dedicated appropriation or available balance. Identify legally available funds and the fiscal conditions of the proposed action.
Who contributes what
Need & planning
- Office of Expanded Competition
Office profile
Resources
- Funding account and responsible resource owner not verified
Approval
Execution
- Office of Expanded Competition Director
Office profile
Partners & review
- Relevant DoD and Federal components
Office links are editorial matches to the original role text, not verified delegations. Composite labels and unmatched actors are preserved.
Coordination pathway
Office of Expanded Competition → relevant DoD or Federal partner → identify the applicable instrument, lawful funds and authorized approving/executing official. No transaction-specific signature authority is verified.
Actor and execution-role sources
Legal basis
- 10 U.S.C. §9025(c)(7)Office duty; read the subsection and definitions together.
- P.L. 118-159 §924(a)Enacted text establishing §9025.
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 fundingScope documentedInvestment duties established; no standalone OEC budget verified in the reviewed sources. Institutional/program context, not a funding allocation to this specific action.
Assigned rolesRemit sourcedPublic sources describe institutional authority. The instrument identifies approval and execution roles; a specific signature remains transaction-dependent.
EngagementRole recordedRecorded executing role: Office of Expanded Competition Director. Use the responsible program’s process.
Confidence: High on the cited statutory duty. Family placement is editorial; executor is an organizational routing lead, not a verified individual delegation.
Currentness: Added October 4, 2026. Enacted §9025 text in P.L. 118-159 §924 retrieved; official OLRC search-index text through September 2026 corroborated it while the direct page was under maintenance. Targeted P.L. 119-60 text search found no §9025 or Office of Expanded Competition reference. This is not exhaustive later-law certification.
Review scope: Record reviewed 2026-10-04. Publication is not legal-currentness certification.