# Intelligence Technology Acquisition **Entity class:** Acquisition and modernization function ## Definition **Intelligence technology acquisition** is the set of procurement, contracting, investment, prototyping, transition, and partnership mechanisms through which intelligence organizations obtain technical capability. Its speed and structure determine whether agencies can absorb innovations developed outside conventional government programs. ## Relevance to this collection It connects [[wiki/In-Q-Tel|In-Q-Tel]], [[wiki/Commercial Technology and Intelligence|Commercial Technology and Intelligence]], [[wiki/Public-Private Intelligence Ecosystem|Public-Private Intelligence Ecosystem]], and [[wiki/Acquisition Support|Acquisition Support]]. ## Relationships - **master collection:** [[collections/Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment|Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment]]. - **intellectual neighborhood:** [[wiki/Intellectual Neighborhood of the Counterterrorism Collection|Intellectual Neighborhood of the Counterterrorism Collection]]. ## Sources / Provenance - [U.S. House of Representatives, hearing on the CIA's In-Q-Tel venture, June 14, 2000](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-106hhrg70548/pdf/CHRG-106hhrg70548.pdf). **As of:** 2026-09-23