10 U.S.C. § 1766: Joint reserve detachment of the Defense Innovation Unit

support engagement and collaboration with private-sector industry and the community surrounding the location of such office; and accelerate the use and adoption of commercially-developed technologies for national security purposes. 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. expertise on and analysis of commercially-developed technologies; commercially-developed technologies to be used as alternatives for technologies in use by the Department; and opportunities for greater engagement and collaboration between the Department and private-sector industry on innovative technologies. identify and rapidly prototype commercially-developed technologies; and use alternative contracting mechanisms to procure such technologies; the work of the Defense Innovation Unit; and National Defense Strategy; 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 relevant policy and guidance from the Secretary of Defense; and using the investment in research and development made by private-sector industry in assessing and developing dual-use technologies. Carrying out other activities as directed by the Secretary of Defense. 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.