Build acquisition and technical expertise through research, education, and civilian training partnerships
- Objective
- Develop a technology
- Family / instrument
- Workforce and expertise · Acquisition research and education
- Statute
- Authority holder
- Secretary of Defense acting through the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, coordinated with Research and Engineering; designated DAU officials
- Executor · routing lead
- Authorized component contracting, agreements, or personnel office; assignment is illustrative
Recorded eligibility gates (excerpt)
Section 4142 includes an acquisition research organization in a civilian university not owned or operated by the Federal Government.
Keep research, pilot demonstrations, data access, and executive education within §4142(c), and DAU partnership activities within §1746a.All requirements & limits
Recorded funding condition (excerpt)
Sections 4142(d) and 1746a(d) permit use of the specified defense acquisition workforce account, subject to appropriations.All funding conditions
What this does not authorize / limits
A pilot of acquisition practices is not authority to waive otherwise applicable procurement statutes.
- Organizational and education duties are distinguished from any separately executed award instrument.
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.