DepartmentofDefense
INSTRUCTION
NUMBER 5535.11
March 19, 2012
USD(AT&L)
SUBJECT: Availability of Samples, Drawings, Information, Equipment, Materials, and Certain
Services to Non-DoD Persons and Entities
References: See Enclosure 1
1. PURPOSE. In accordance with the authority in DoD Directive (DoDD) 5134.01 (Reference
(a)), this Instruction:
a. Establishes authority, assigns responsibilities, and prescribes procedures in accordance
with section 2539b of title 10, United States Code (U.S.C.) (Reference (b)) as amended by
section 232 of the FY 2008 Defense Authorization Act (Reference (c)) for provision of samples,
drawings, information, equipment, materials, and certain services to non-DoD persons and
entities.
b. Incorporates and cancels the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology
Memorandum (Reference (d)).
2. APPLICABILITY
. This Instruction applies to OSD, the Military Departments, the Office of
the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Joint Staff, the Combatant Commands, the
Office of the Inspector General of the DoD, the Defense Agencies, the DoD Field Activities, and
all other organizational entities within the DoD (hereinafter referred to collectively as the “DoD
Components”).
3. POLICY. It is DoD policy:
a. To promote research and development within the commercial sector of the U.S. economy,
and the transfer of technology from the military to the commercial sector. Efforts to improve the
quality of the defense laboratories and increase their ability to perform their designated missions
effectively and efficiently, while at the same time utilizing that taxpayer-funded infrastructure to
support private sector activities when in the interest of national defense, shall be supported.
These policies further national military and economic security by promoting the development of
a national technology and industrial base from which to sustain military technology superiority
