Sec. 5207. Pilot program to facilitate the agile acquisition of technologies for warfighters
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Subject to the availability of appropriations in a program element for this purpose, the Secretary of Defense shall establish and carry out a pilot program to be known as the Warfighter Innovation Transition Project (referred to in this section as the Project ). Under the Project, the Secretary shall seek to make grants to, or enter into contracts or other agreements with, technology producers— to facilitate the agile acquisition of technologies, including capabilities, software, and services, to support warfighters; and to transition such technologies, including technologies developed from pilot programs, prototype projects, or other research and development programs, from the prototyping phase to production for implementation within the Department of Defense.
The Deputy Secretary of Defense shall administer the Project in coordination with the Joint Staff, the service acquisition executive of each military department, Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, and the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment. A technology producer that receives a grant, contract, or other agreement under the Project may conduct the following activities under such grant, contract, or other agreement: To provide commercially available technologies to each Secretary of a military department and commanders of combatant commands to support warfighters.
To build and strengthen relationships of the Department of Defense with nontraditional defense contractors (as defined in section 2302 of title 10, United States Code) in the technology industry that may have unused or underused solutions to the specific operational challenges of the Department. A technology producer may receive a subsequent grant, contract, or other agreement under the Project if— the duration of such subsequent grant, contract, or other agreement is not more than three years; and the amount of such subsequent grant, contract, or other agreement is not greater than $50,000,000 per fiscal year.
In providing assistance under the Project, the Deputy Secretary of Defense shall give preference to technology producers that— offer commercial products or commercial services, as required by section 2377 of title 10, United States Code; and are developing a technology or a potential technology that has received a grant, contract, or other agreement from— the Small Business Innovation Research Program or Small Business Technology Transfer Program (as such terms are defined, respectively, in section 9 of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 638 )); or another acquisition program of the Department of Defense.
The Secretary of Defense may not commence the Project until the date on which the Secretary— completes a plan for carrying out the data collection required under paragraph (2); and submits the plan to the congressional defense committees. The Secretary of Defense shall collect and analyze data on the Project for the purposes of— developing and sharing best practices for achieving the objectives of the Project; providing information to the Secretary of Defense on the implementation of the Project and related policy issues; and reporting to the congressional defense committees as required under subsection (g).
Not later than March 1 and September 1 of each year beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act until the termination of the Project, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Joint Staff, the applicable service acquisition executive of each military department, Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, and the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the use of funds under the Project.
Each such report shall include the following: An explanation how grants, contracts, or other agreements made under the Project met mission requirements during the period covered by the report, including— the value of each grant, contract, or other agreement made under the Project; a description of the technology funded with such grant, contract, or other agreement; and the estimate future costs of such technology for the successful transition of such technology to implementation within the Department of Defense.
A description of the capabilities being tested under the Project as of the date of the report and the proposed path to implement such capabilities within the Department. The data and analysis required under subsection (f). A list and detailed description of lessons learned from the Project as of the date of the report. The Project shall terminate on December 31, 2026. In this section: The term agile acquisition means acquisition using agile or iterative development. The term agile or iterative development — means acquisition pursuant to a method for delivering multiple, rapid, incremental capabilities to the user for operational use, evaluation, and feedback not exclusively linked to any single, proprietary method or process; and involves— the incremental development and fielding of capabilities which can be measured in short timeframe; and continuous participation and collaboration by users, testers, and requirements authorities.
The term technology producer means an individual or entity engaged in the research, development, production, or distribution of science or technology that— the Secretary of Defense determines may be of use to the Department of Defense; at the time of receipt of a grant, contract, or other agreement under the Project, has performed or is performing one or more contracts with the Department of Defense, where such contracts have a total value that does not exceed $500,000,000. The term warfighter means a member of the Armed Forces (other than the Coast Guard).
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Pilot program to facilitate the agile acquisition of technologies for warfighters
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