--- title: "National Spectrum Consortium Provides Opportunity for Government-Funded Electromagnetic Spectrum R&D" date: 2015-07-15T00:00:00-04:00 author: Import Bot canonical_url: "https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/articles/national-spectrum-consortium-provides-opportunity-for-government-funded-electromagnetic-spectrum-r-d" section: Articles --- # National Spectrum Consortium Provides Opportunity for Government-Funded Electromagnetic Spectrum R&D July 2015 Government Contracting Law Report Partner [Chip Yorkgitis](/Our-People/Chip-Yorkgitis) and senior associate [Beth Johnson](/Our-People/Elizabeth-C-Johnson) co-authored the *Government Contracting Law Report* article ​“National Spectrum Consortium Provides Opportunity for Government-Funded Electromagnetic Spectrum R&D.” On April 3, 2015, the recently formed National Spectrum Consortium (“NSC”) entered into a five-year, $1.25 billion, Section 845 Prototype Other Transaction (“OT”) Agreement with the U.S. Army Contracting Command- New Jersey acting on behalf of the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (“ODASD”), Emerging Capabilities and Prototyping (“EC&P”). The article outlines the implications including that the OT Agreement requires the ​“participation to a significant extent” of a ​“non-traditional government (or ​“defense”) contractor” at any level of the project or, alternatively, a 33 percent cost share on all projects awarded. - Share this entry - - - - - [ View entry pdf ](https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.kelleydrye.com/content/uploads/pdf-snapshots/national-spectrum-consortium-provides-opportunity-for-government-funded-electromagnetic-spectrum-r-d-20230802201228.pdf) ### Attachments - [National Spectrum Consortium Provides Opportunity for Government Funded Electromagnetic Spectrum R D](https://s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.kelleydrye.com/content/uploads/attachments/National-Spectrum-Consortium-Provides-Opportunity-for-Government-Funded-Electromagnetic-Spectrum-R-D.pdf) Blog [ ![](https://d3iuizmsm2hayf.cloudfront.net/content/uploads/Listing-rectangles/Blog_Post_Listing.svg) ![](https://d3iuizmsm2hayf.cloudfront.net/content/uploads/Listing-Images/adlaw_billboard_listing.webp?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=750&q=80&w=1125&s=e1a7aebcee8115938489d6575321e698) ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/ad-law-access/nad-continues-to-examine-influencer-campaigns) Ad Law Access July 27, 2026 [ ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/ad-law-access/nad-continues-to-examine-influencer-campaigns) Blog [ ![](https://d3iuizmsm2hayf.cloudfront.net/content/uploads/Listing-rectangles/Blog_Post_Listing.svg) ![](https://d3iuizmsm2hayf.cloudfront.net/content/uploads/Listing-Images/adlaw_billboard_listing.webp?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=750&q=80&w=1125&s=e1a7aebcee8115938489d6575321e698) ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/ad-law-access/hawaii-enacts-a-synthetic-performer-law) Ad Law Access July 26, 2026 [ ](https://www.kelleydrye.com/viewpoints/blogs/ad-law-access/hawaii-enacts-a-synthetic-performer-law)