AMENDMENTS TO DEFENSE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT RAPID INNOVATION PROGRAM.

SEC. 860. AMENDMENTS TO DEFENSE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT RAPID INNOVATION PROGRAM. Section 4061 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (1)— (i) by inserting “to enable and assist small businesses” after “merit-based program”; (ii) by striking “fielding of technologies” and inserting “commercialization of various technologies, including critical technologies”; and (iii) by inserting “capabilities developed through competitively awarded prototype agreements” after “defense laboratories,”; and (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting “support the integration of such products,” after “evaluation outcomes,”; (2) in subsection (b)— (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting “primarily major defense acquisition programs, but also other” after “candidate proposals in support of”; and (B) in paragraph (2), by striking “by each military department” and inserting “by each Office of Small Business Programs of each military department”; and (3) in subsection (d)(2), by striking “$3,000,000” and inserting “$6,000,000”.