Regarding item 4 those DOD,etc programs are already financially administered under the DFAR (DOD oriented rules subset of the FAR - Federal Aquisition Regulations). How much more DOD control do you want? Many of the topics come out through the SBIR\STTR program of which DOD is the lion’s share. (NSF participates with a wide range of topics!)
T.Y.!! its been a while, since loking at F.A.R.’s.
former DoD QA @ Grumman in NY.