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INT-13 / International business, logistics and investment

Contract for allied overseas repair and prototype distributed product support

Demonstrate and field contested-logistics support, shared parts, prepositioning and advanced manufacturing near point of use through existing contracting, partnership and OT authorities. The Overseas Workload Program separately permits NATO/MNNA firms to compete for overseas DoD maintenance, repair and overhaul.

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At a glance

Possible toolINT-13 · Contracts & purchases

Authority holder: Secretary of Defense.

Contracts & purchases

Mechanism tags describe the source text; they do not expand the authority.

Availability and verification

Existing statutory pathway; conditional on the listed findings, approvals, eligible purpose and actual available funds. Not an obligation-ready certification.

Requirements and limits

Eligibility & prerequisites

  • Covered-nation/provider eligibility; prepare product-support arrangement.
  • Use §§2342,2474,3601,4021 or4022 within their limits and AECA§3.
  • Identify statutory, regulatory, policy and fiscal impediments and responsible waiver officials.
  • For §2349: eligible NATO/MNNA firm, DoD equipment outside U.S., competitive Overseas Workload Program procurement.

Limits & exclusions

  • Program does not blanket-waive domestic depot, export-control or fiscal restrictions.
  • Authority ends 2030-12-31 as amended; joint exercise requirement begins by 2027-09-30.
  • §2349 permits theater or firm-country performance, but Service Secretary may limit geography for readiness or treaty reasons; the separate statutory eligibility rule does not expire with the pilot.

Funding conditions

  • Underlying instrument and purpose-appropriate available program funds required; no unrestricted international revolving fund created.

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Who contributes what

Need & planning

  • Service acquisition program/laboratory international-cooperation staff
  • CCMD capability sponsor
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Resources

  • Military Department or Defense Agency program manager and comptroller
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Approval

  • Secretary of Defense or validly delegated official
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  • Department of State where statute or agreement process requires

Execution

  • Service product-support managers and program offices
  • CCMD logistics sponsors
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  • Qualified U.S./covered-nation public or private product-support providers

Partners & review

Office links are editorial matches to the original role text, not verified delegations. Composite labels and unmatched actors are preserved.

Coordination pathway

CCMD sustainment problem → Service product-support manager → international provider/arrangement → choose lawful instrument/waiver if available → funded demonstration.

Actor and execution-role sources

What this research establishes

Legal powerSource and conditions recorded
EligibilityProject-specific check needed
Available fundsBalances not verified
DelegationValid signature authority must be checked
ExecutionOffice capacity and approvals must be checked

Confidence: High on express statutory capability; execution/delegation and currently available resources require program-specific confirmation.

Currentness: 2024 Code statutory-note text read, incorporating FY25§821; FY26 NDAA §§871-872 directly read and applied (sunset 2030-12-31).

Research target: October 2, 2026. A record-specific last-review date is not supplied. Publication date is not legal-currentness certification.