Use specialized shipbuilding economic-order and incremental funding authorities
- Objective
- Expand production
- Family / instrument
- Logistics, depots and industrial partnerships · Sea-based deterrence contracting
- Statute
- Authority holder
- Secretary of Defense administers the Fund; Secretary of the Navy exercises the contract authorities
- Executor · routing lead
- Authorized contracting, grants, agreements, property, or finance office; implementation not verified
Recorded eligibility gates (excerpt)
Use authorized purposes and the eligible vessel/component definitions.
Include appropriations-contingent payment terms and statutory termination-liability limits.All requirements & limits
Recorded funding condition (excerpt)
Appropriations deposited in the National Sea-Based Deterrence Fund; ordinarily five-year obligation availability following the appropriation fiscal year.All funding conditions
What this does not authorize / limits
Not a general-purpose shipbuilding fund or generic authority to buy all naval systems incrementally.
- Termination liability under the special contract authorities is limited to the funding obligated at termination.
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. Statutory pathway identified; current implementation, intake, funding availability, and executing delegation unverified.
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.