Finance or refinance dual-use critical technology with OSC direct loans
- Objective
- Expand production
- Family / instrument
- Industrial capacity, capital and credit · Technology credit
- Statute
- Authority holder
- Secretary of Defense acting through OSC Director
- Executor · routing lead
- OSC Director and credit transaction team
Recorded eligibility gates (excerpt)
Eligible entity and covered dual-use technology, not solely defense application
At least 80% nonfederal capital for the specific technology at investment timeAll requirements & limits
Recorded funding condition (excerpt)
Advance appropriations specifically providing credit assistance; Federal Credit Reform cost and DoD Credit Program Account. A headline lending ceiling is not cash available.All funding conditions
What this does not authorize / limits
Not an unrestricted equity fund.
- New loans and technical-assistance authority expire Oct. 1, 2028
- Direct-loan term up to 50 years
- Treasury benchmark interest and nonsubordination rules have specific waivers
Legal basisSources linked
RequirementsGates recorded
Public fundingScale documented
Assigned rolesRemit sourced
EngagementRoutes published
Public evidence describes the institution and instrument; it is not approval of an individual transaction. Conditional legal pathway; current funding, required determinations, and actual delegation not certified.
Actor sources
Independent public-source guide; not an official U.S. government website. Original research target October 2, 2026; published October 3, 2026. Read the full record for currentness, coordination and all source notes.