Accelerate commercialization through the Rapid Innovation Program
- Objective
- Develop a technology; Bring a prototype into use
- Family / instrument
- Research, innovation and experimentation · Transition & scaling
- Statute
- Authority holder
- Secretary of Defense
- Executor · routing lead
- DARPA Contracts Management Office or Service contracting/grants/agreements office; Performing laboratory or external research performer
Recorded eligibility gates (excerpt)
Merit-based selection and small-business preference; proposals reviewed with military-department Offices of Small Business Programs.All requirements & limits
Recorded funding condition (excerpt)
RDT&E appropriations subject to availability; express transfers to Service/Defense Agency/USSOCOM RDT&E accounts for qualifying proposals.All funding conditions
What this does not authorize / limits
Normally 2 years of program funding; added year requires approval.
- Statute has a $6m project provision alongside aggregate restriction on awards over $6m; read the actual program guidance/appropriation rather than assuming unlimited awards.
Legal basisSources linked
RequirementsGates recorded
Public fundingRules recorded
Assigned rolesRoles recorded
EngagementUse documented
Program process, audience and dated intake check (2026-10-04)
Public evidence describes the institution and instrument; it is not approval of an individual transaction. Express statutory pathway; award-specific appropriations, available balances, delegations, implementation and approvals not independently verified.
Actor sources
- P.L. 119-60 §1802 / 10 U.S.C. 1732 — portfolio plans, budgets, execution and reporting chain
- SBA participating agencies — DoD component SBIR/STTR offices
Independent public-source guide; not an official U.S. government website. Original research target October 2, 2026; published October 3, 2026. Read the full record for currentness, coordination and all source notes.