The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the Air Force’s integration of data license rights into contract requirements for selected weapon systems. 

As contractors develop and manufacture weapon systems for the DoD, the contractors create intellectual property. Intellectual property is the information, products, or services that are protected by law as intangible property, including data (technical data and computer software). Data license rights refer to licenses the Government may obtain to use, modify, reproduce, release, perform, display, or disclose intellectual property the Government does not own.