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IND-11 / Industrial capacity, capital and credit

Convene public/private capital and vet agency investment transactions

A National Security Capital Forum connects financiers, firms, partner nations and agencies and acts as a clearinghouse for potential loan/equity transactions by agencies with their own authorities.

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Authority / instrument · IND-11

Capital coordination

Industrial capacity, capital and credit

Statute & instrument
Authority holder

Secretary of Defense; OSC Director chairs

What this does not authorize / hard limit

Forum coordination is not itself authority to buy equity or obligate another agency’s money

Recorded executor

OSC Director and credit transaction team

Continue to actor →

Institutional routing from the recorded executing role. See the office profile for its published responsibilities and engagement routes.

Legal basisSources linkedLegal sources and instrument limits are recorded.
RequirementsGates recordedRead the requirements for this instrument; applicability depends on the proposed action.
Public fundingScale documentedAdministrative appropriations; each transaction must carry its own substantive authority and funds. Office budget figures are separate institutional context, not an allocation to this instrument.
Assigned rolesRemit sourcedPublic sources describe institutional authority. The instrument identifies approval and execution roles; a specific signature remains transaction-dependent.
EngagementOffice routes listedOffice-level information only; audiences and application status vary. This does not establish intake for this instrument.

Public evidence describes the institution and instrument; it is not approval of an individual transaction.

At a glance

Mission goalExpand production
Possible toolIND-11 · Investment & capital

Authority holder: Secretary of Defense; OSC Director chairs

Investment & capital

Mechanism tags describe the source text; they do not expand the authority.

Availability and verification

Conditional legal pathway; current funding, required determinations, and actual delegation not certified.

Requirements and limits

Eligibility & prerequisites

  • Participant vetting, conflicts procedures and required operating guidance
  • Include Industrial Base Policy, DLA Director and DoD General Counsel

Limits & exclusions

  • Forum coordination is not itself authority to buy equity or obligate another agency’s money
  • Expanded clearinghouse provisions sunset Dec.31,2035

Funding conditions

  • Administrative appropriations; each transaction must carry its own substantive authority and funds.

Read the funding and execution guide

Who contributes what

Need & planning

  • OSC investment and credit teams
    Office profile
  • Technology and acquisition requirement sponsors

Resources

Approval

Execution

Partners & review

  • Domestic and international financiers
  • Partner-nation government/private entities
  • ASD(Industrial Base Policy), DLA Director, DoD General Counsel
    Office profile

Office links are editorial matches to the original role text, not verified delegations. Composite labels and unmatched actors are preserved.

Coordination pathway

Requirement sponsor → named planning office → resource owner and counsel → statutory approving official → authorized executing/contracting office.

Actor and execution-role sources

Legal basis

What this research establishes

Legal basisSources linkedLegal sources and instrument limits are recorded.
RequirementsGates recordedRead the requirements for this instrument; applicability depends on the proposed action.
Public fundingScale documentedAdministrative appropriations; each transaction must carry its own substantive authority and funds. Office budget figures are separate institutional context, not an allocation to this instrument.
Assigned rolesRemit sourcedPublic sources describe institutional authority. The instrument identifies approval and execution roles; a specific signature remains transaction-dependent.
EngagementOffice routes listedOffice-level information only; audiences and application status vary. This does not establish intake for this instrument.

Confidence: High on statutory permission; execution roles are organizational routing, not verified individual delegations.

Currentness: 2024 official U.S. Code operative text read; relevant amendments in Pub. L. 119-60 (Dec. 18, 2025), 119-21 and 119-103 examined. Rolling OLRC source consulted where retrievable; transaction-specific later-law and delegation confirmation remains necessary.

Review scope: Original research target October 2, 2026; no record-specific last-review date supplied. Publication is not legal-currentness certification.

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