Pay to incorporate defense features in committed commercial aircraft
- Objective
- Expand production
- Family / instrument
- Industrial capacity, capital and credit · Commercial space and airlift
- Statute
- Authority holder
- Secretary of Defense
- Executor · routing lead
- Responsible commercial-space or airlift contracting/agreement office; current assignment must be verified
Recorded eligibility gates (excerpt)
Aircraft must be committed to CRAF and available for DoD use on activation notwithstanding competing commitments, subject to the Secretary’s release.
Contracts must specify repayment percentages for loss, unusability, feature removal, disqualifying transfer or specified registration termination.All requirements & limits
Recorded funding condition (excerpt)
Contracts are permitted only to the extent funds are otherwise available for obligation; operation is compensated at fair and reasonable rates.All funding conditions
What this does not authorize / limits
Not an unrestricted aircraft subsidy; defense features, CRAF service and recapture terms are mandatory.
- The legacy chapter 137 cross-reference must be read with the acquisition recodification and §3016, not treated as a repeal of this power.
Legal basisSources linked
RequirementsGates recorded
Public fundingRules recorded
Assigned rolesRoles recorded
EngagementProgram unverified
Implementation caution: Statutory coverage only: no current implementing program, application window, available balance or individual delegation verified.
Public evidence describes the institution and instrument; it is not approval of an individual transaction. Express statutory mechanism; current program implementation, open intake, funds and individual delegations were not verified in this statutory review.
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.