; or (2) the ability of the United States to place such capabilities in physical locations necessary for national security functions. (b) Elements (1) In general Under the pilot program required by subsection (a), the Under Secretary may perform the following tasks: (A) Conduct coordinated and integrated analysis of adversarial capital flows into industries or businesses of interest to the Department of Defense. (B) Support coordination and outreach with technology scouting and acquisition elements of the Department to support the investment decision-making of those elements and consideration of how to counteract entities employing adversarial capital flows against industries or businesses described in subparagraph (A), including the employment of relevant authorities vested in other components of the Department and the Federal Government. (C) Identify, accelerate, and sustain the establishment, research, development, construction, procurement, leasing, consolidation, alteration, improvement, modernization, and repair of tangible and intangible assets vital to the national security of the United States. (D) Protect tangible and intangible assets vital to the national security of the United States from theft, acquisition, and transfer by adversaries or strategic competitors of the United States. (E) Provide capital assistance to entities engaged in investments that facilitate the efforts of the Under Secretary under subparagraphs (C) and (D) utilizing existing authorities available to the Department, such as the authority provided under section 834. (F) Experiment, prototype, test, or validate Government-developed or commercially developed analytical tools, processes, and tradecraft to improve the due diligence and investment analysis processes for the Department. (2) Use of certain financial instruments The Under Secretary may perform the tasks described in paragraph (1) using the authorities provided by section 834. (c) Coordination In establishing the pilot program required by subsection (a), the Secretary