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Defense Production Act Title III (DPA Title III)

Program Information

Popular name

DPA Title III

Program Number

12.777

Program objective

To create, maintain, protect, expand, or restore domestic industrial base capabilities essential for the national defense.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2023

    Capitalized on the various types of assistance instruments available in our toolbox and applied the knowledge to effectively and efficiently meet AFRL’s mission requirements.

  2. 2024

    FA8650-24-2-5511 – GAM - High-purity niobium and niobium alloys are required for military engine turbine superalloys and numerous other military “high heat resistant” applications such as next-gen hypersonic and nuclear systems. This program will re-establish a domestic source for this. FA8650-24-2-5519 – Nano One - This agreement is among the first awards using the DPA Title III authority to award to a Canadian firm, as a “domestic source”. This project will provide a source of clean Cathode Active Materials (CAMs) in North America, therefore reducing reliance on China for CAMs commonly used in lithium-ion batteries

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

Awarding authorities and terms and conditions will be specific to the individual agreements awarded.

Program details

Program types

Eligible beneficiaries

  • Alcoholic
  • American Indian
  • Anyone/general public
  • Artist/Humanist
  • Asian
  • Black
  • Builder/Contractor/Developer
  • Child (6-15)
  • Consumer
  • Disabled (e.g. Deaf, Blind, Physically Disabled)
  • Drug Addict
  • Education (0-8)
  • Education (13+)
  • Education (9-12)
  • Education Professional
  • Engineer/Architect
  • Farmer/Rancher/Agriculture Producer
  • Federal
  • Federally Recognized Indian Tribal Governments
  • Graduate Student
  • Health Professional
  • Homeowner
  • Individual/Family
  • Industrialist/ Business person
  • Infant (0-5)
  • Interstate
  • Intrastate
  • Juvenile Delinquent
  • Land/Property Owner
  • Local
  • Low Income
  • Major Metropolis (over 250,000)
  • Mentally Disabled
  • Migrant
  • Minority group
  • Moderate Income
  • Native American Organizations
  • Other Non-White
  • Other Urban
  • Other private institution/organization
  • Other public institution/organization
  • Pension Recipient
  • Physically Afflicted (e.g. TB, Arthritis, Heart Disease)
  • Preschool
  • Private nonprofit institution/organization
  • Profit organization
  • Public nonprofit institution/organization
  • Quasi-public nonprofit organization
  • Refugee/Alien
  • Rural
  • School
  • Scientist/Researchers
  • Senior Citizen (60+)
  • Small Business Person
  • Small business
  • Spanish Origin
  • Specialized group (e.g. health professionals, students, veterans)
  • Sponsored organization
  • State
  • Student/Trainee
  • Suburban
  • U.S. Citizen
  • U.S. Territories
  • Unemployed
  • Veteran/Service person/Reservist (including dependents
  • Welfare Recipient
  • Women
  • Youth (16-21)

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