Find a lawful operating, partnering or reimbursable-work route for depots, arsenals and other defense industrial facilities.
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What this group is not: A contract or purchase tag is not general lending or equity authority; priorities, purchase commitments and financing-cost treatment remain distinct routes.
Set fair and reasonable CRAF airlift payment rates and use qualifying one-year minimum-purchase charter contracts to encourage commercial aircraft commitments.
What this is not / limit: Not a general revenue guarantee for any airline; CRAF participation, allocation rules and reductions for unavailable services apply.
Executing role: Responsible commercial-space or airlift contracting/agreement office; current assignment must be verified
Authority holder
Secretary of Defense
Eligibility gate
Minimum-purchase participants must satisfy §9515 performance, additional-capacity and host-support eligibility conditions.
The aggregate minimum purchase must be based on forecast needs and stay within the statutory 80-percent historical-expenditure ceiling, with the permitted high-demand-year adjustment.
Funding condition
Military departments transfer required amounts to the transportation working-capital fund; unused minimum-purchase amounts are distributed under the fiscal-year rules. Available money and contract approval still require verification.
All recorded limits
Not a general revenue guarantee for any airline; CRAF participation, allocation rules and reductions for unavailable services apply.