; (B) engaging and evaluating small- and medium-sized emerging technology companies; (C) the mission needs of the intelligence community; and (D) any other skills or experiences the Director determines necessary. (3) Special hiring and retention authorities (A) In general The Director of National Intelligence shall take such steps as may be necessary to incentivize the hiring and retention of staff of the Unit. (B) Special pay In establishing the rates of pay for the positions specified in paragraph (1), and to the extent practicable, the Director of National Intelligence may use the special pay authority under section 113B. (4) Authority relating to detailees Upon request of the Unit, each head of an element of the intelligence community may detail to the Unit any of the personnel of that element to assist in carrying out the duties under subsection (b) on a reimbursable or a nonreimbursable basis. (e) Prototyping program The Director of the Intelligence Community Innovation Unit shall establish a program to transition research and prototype projects to products in a production stage for the purpose of fulfilling critical mission needs of the intelligence community (in this subsection referred to as the program ), including by designating projects as Emerging Technology Transition Projects under section 6713 of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 ( Public Law 117–263 ; 50 U.S.C. 3024 note; 136 Stat. 3568). (f) Encouragement of use by elements The Director of National Intelligence shall take such steps as may be necessary to encourage the use of the Unit by the heads of the other elements of the intelligence community. (g) Emerging technology defined In this section, the term emerging technology has the meaning given that term in section 6701 of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 ( Public Law 117–263 ; 50 U.S.C. 3024 note