Defense Acquistion Challenge Program (DACP)

Abstract

Authorized by Title 10, U.S. Code, Section 2359b, the Defense Acquisition Challenge Program (DACP) provides increased opportunities to insert innovative and cost-saving technologies into acquisition programs of the Department of Defense. DACP funds the test and evaluation of technologies and products with potential to improve performance, affordability, manufacturability, or operational capability of current acquisition programs at the subcomponent, component, or system level. Since the program inception in FY 2003, Office of Secretary of Defense has initiated 119 projects; 60 projects have been completed to date; 45 met Service or Agency testing requirements and 35 led to procurements. To date, 30 projects have yielded technology currently in use by our warfighters in Iraq, Afghanistan, or at U.S. training facilities. The Defense Acquisition Challenge Program (DACP) increases opportunities for domestic vendors to enter the Department of Defense (DoD) acquisition process. Although business size is not an evaluation criterion, it is noteworthy that to date approximately 60 percent of the DACP projects awarded are with technology providers at the small or mid-sized enterprise level. DACP has the additional DoD/National Security benefit of expanding the industrial base for defense acquisition. Final selection of FY 2011 DACP new start projects will be determined in September 2010. Congressional authority to execute Defense Acquisition Challenge Program currently ends September 30, 2012 (Title 10, U.S. Code, Section 2359b).

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Document Details

Document Type
R2 Budgetary Justification
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2011
Source ID
0604051D8Z_5_0400_PB_2011
Change Summary Explanation
Service Agency Name
Office of Secretary Of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Casualties
  • Combat Casualty Care
  • Composite Materials
  • Frequency Bands
  • Health Services
  • Manufacturing
  • Medical Evacuation
  • Medical Personnel
  • Munitions
  • Network Protocols
  • Performance Tests
  • Precision-Guided Munitions
  • Satellite Guided Weapons
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Nuclear Civil Defense.

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