EconDefense
Record-specific actor routing

Follow through on INT-43

IWTSD and authorized program contracting/agreement offices

This preserves the record’s role labels; it is not an additional verified institutional directory node.

Authority holder · recorded legal basis

Secretary of Defense on covered partner Ministry of Defense request; State, Commerce and DNI consultation.

Executing office · routing lead

IWTSD and authorized program contracting/agreement offices

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

Intake

Use the responsible program or contracting office for this instrument.

The recorded role is not itself a general application endpoint.

What this role does not control

A routing lead does not establish funds, an individual delegation or approval of the proposed action.

Legal basisSources linkedLegal sources and instrument limits are recorded.
RequirementsGates recordedRead the requirements for this instrument; applicability depends on the proposed action.
Public fundingRules recordedThe record states funding rules and conditions; no program amount is attributed to this action.
Assigned rolesRoles recordedPublic sources describe institutional authority. The instrument identifies approval and execution roles; a specific signature remains transaction-dependent.
EngagementProgram unverifiedInitial country reports/designation and funded implementation unestablished. Block only after known proposed activity and unsatisfied applicable precondition.

Selected instrument

INT-43 · International research and acquisition

Jointly develop emerging technology with specified irregular-warfare technology partners

New FY26 law permits joint emerging-technology RDT&E with a defined preexisting partner set under safeguards, cost sharing and U.S. intellectual-property rights.

What this is not / limit: Not authorization to cooperate with every country.

Executing role: IWTSD and authorized program contracting/agreement offices

Authority holder

Secretary of Defense on covered partner Ministry of Defense request; State, Commerce and DNI consultation.

Eligibility gate

  • Partner-request trigger and qualifying historic agreement.
  • No activity until country-specific congressional report including cost/security MOA and certification.
  • IP rights, semiannual spending reports and safeguards against adversary access.

Funding condition

  • Cost sharing including in-kind; actual appropriations and agreement required.

All recorded limits

  • Not authorization to cooperate with every country.
  • EAR and all applicable arms-export laws expressly retained, including fundamental research/open-source/standards activities.
  • Public evidence of completed reporting/designation not verified.
Cooperation & exchanges
Legal basisSources linked
RequirementsGates recorded
Public fundingRules recorded
Assigned rolesRoles recorded
EngagementProgram unverified
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Actor sources & routing basis

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