10 U.S.C. § 4952: Purposes

The purposes of the program authorized by this chapter are—(1) to increase assistance by the Department of Defense to eligible entities furnishing procurement technical assistance to business entities; (2) to assist eligible entities in the payment of the costs of establishing and carrying out new procurement technical assistance programs and maintaining existing procurement technical assistance programs; and (3) to foster innovation for the defense industrial base and to diversify and expand the defense industrial base.