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Authority / instrument

Investment & capital

Find a reciprocal, jointly funded or cooperative route for allied research, procurement, logistics, infrastructure or investment.

1 records in this family–mechanism intersection. These editorial groups do not expand legal scope.

What this group is not: This group includes coordination and third-party awards; the tag does not confer a general direct government stock-purchase power.

Basis: IND-11, IND-13, IND-18, INT-10

INT-10 · International investment

Contribute to a multinational dual-use venture capital fund

Make a specifically authorized contribution to the NATO Innovation Fund, rather than infer a general authority to invest equity.

What this is not / limit: This is fund-contribution authority, not a general permission for every DoD office to buy company shares.

Executing role: Designated DoD contribution administrator; current implementation owner not verified; NATO Innovation Fund as external fund manager

Authority holder

Secretary of Defense.

Eligibility gate

  • Amounts must be authorized by law for this purpose.
  • Five-year period following FY2025 NDAA enactment (2024-12-23); aggregate statutory ceiling $200 million.

Funding condition

  • Needs purpose-available authorized and appropriated funding; statutory ceiling does not supply cash.

All recorded limits

  • This is fund-contribution authority, not a general permission for every DoD office to buy company shares.
  • No conclusion that an appropriation, participation agreement or investment commitment currently exists.
Investment & capital
Legal basisSources linked
RequirementsGates recorded
Public fundingRules recorded
Assigned rolesRoles recorded
Actor sources & routing basis

Recorded executing role; this record-specific route is not an additional institutional office.

Public evidence describes the institution and instrument; it is not approval of an individual transaction.