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Title 10
Subtitle A
Part II
Chapter 87
Subchapter V
§ 1765. Competency development...
Chapter 88 - MILITARY FAMILY PRO...
§ 1765. Competency development...
Chapter 88 - MILITARY FAMILY PRO...
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§ 1766.
Joint reserve detachment of the Defense Innovation Unit
(a)
Establishment
.—
The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretaries of the military departments, may establish a joint reserve detachment (referred to in this section as the “Detachment”) composed of members of the reserve components described in subsection (b) to be assigned to each office of the Defense Innovation Unit to—
(1)
support engagement and collaboration with private-sector industry and the community surrounding the location of such office; and
(2)
accelerate the use and adoption of commercially-developed technologies for national security purposes.
(b)
Members
.—
Each Secretary of a military department shall select for the Detachment, and make efforts to retain, members of the reserve components who possess relevant private-sector experience in the fields of business, acquisition, intelligence, engineering, technology transfer, science, mathematics, program management, logistics, cybersecurity, or such other fields as determined by the Secretary of Defense.
(c)
Duties
.—
The Detachment shall have the following duties:
(1)
Providing the Department of Defense with—
(A)
expertise on and analysis of commercially-developed technologies;
(B)
commercially-developed technologies to be used as alternatives for technologies in use by the Department; and
(C)
opportunities for greater engagement and collaboration between the Department and private-sector industry on innovative technologies.
(2)
On an ongoing basis—
(A)
partnering with the military departments, the combatant commands, and other Department of Defense organizations to—
(i)
identify and rapidly prototype commercially-developed technologies; and
(ii)
use alternative contracting mechanisms to procure such technologies;
(B)
increasing awareness of—
(i)
the work of the Defense Innovation Unit; and
(ii)
the technology requirements of the Department of Defense, as identified in the most recent—
(I)
National Defense Strategy;
(II)
National Defense Science and Technology Strategy as directed under section 218 of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (
Public Law 115–232
;
132 Stat. 1679
); and
(III)
relevant policy and guidance from the Secretary of Defense; and
(C)
using the investment in research and development made by private-sector industry in assessing and developing dual-use technologies.
(3)
Carrying out other activities as directed by the Secretary of Defense.
(d)
Joint Duty
.—
Assignment to a Detachment shall not qualify as a joint duty assignment, as defined in
section 668(b)(1) of title 10
, United States Code, unless approved by the Secretary of Defense.
(Added
Pub. L. 116–92, div. A, title II, § 213(a)(1)
,
Dec. 20, 2019
,
133 Stat. 1256
, § 2358b; amended
Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title X, § 1081(a)(37)
, title XVIII, § 1842(b),
cite as:
10 USC 1766
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