Cost-share technology-protection and exportability features in designated defense systems
- Objective
- Develop a technology
- Family / instrument
- Research, innovation and experimentation · Exportability and technology protection
- Statute
- Authority holder
- Secretary of Defense; Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment designates systems
- Executor · routing lead
- Authorized component contracting, agreements, or personnel office; assignment is illustrative
Recorded eligibility gates (excerpt)
Use a designated system and the statutory technology-protection purpose.
Covered contracts normally allocate half the cost to the contractor; another share requires the Secretary’s good-cause determination.All requirements & limits
Recorded funding condition (excerpt)
Lawfully available development funds plus contractor cost share; §3762 regulations govern any eligible IR&D treatment.All funding conditions
What this does not authorize / limits
This does not itself license an export, approve a foreign sale, or transfer classified technology.
Legal basisSources linked
RequirementsGates recorded
Public fundingRules recorded
Assigned rolesRoles recorded
EngagementProgram unverified
Implementation caution: Statutory-source review only. A current implementing program, open intake, available funds and individual delegation were not verified.
Public evidence describes the institution and instrument; it is not approval of an individual transaction. Express statutory pathway identified in the USC scrub. Current implementation, public intake, appropriations, available balances, and transaction-specific delegations were not independently verified.
Actor sources
Independent public-source guide; not an official U.S. government website. Record reviewed 2026-10-05. Read the full record for currentness, coordination and all source notes.