Match an industrial bottleneck to demand commitments, credit, third-party investment support, facility expansion or coordination tools.
6 records in this family–mechanism intersection. These editorial groups do not expand legal scope.
What this group is not: This group includes coordination and third-party awards; the tag does not confer a general direct government stock-purchase power.
What this is not / limit: Guarantee is not purchase of stock
Executing role: OSC Director and credit transaction team
Authority holder
OSC Director, within Secretary of Defense program authority
Eligibility gate
Eligible dual-use technology and entity
Loan guarantee agreement and credit assessment
Congressional notification within 30 days of use
Funding condition
Specific credit subsidy and principal authority in appropriations; DoD Credit Program Account and Federal Credit Reform Act.
Enacted FY26 credit appropriation $97.770M no-year with $4.390B principal ceiling. FY25 reconciliation separately supplied $500M minerals-focused and $1B general capital-assistance funding through Sep.30,2029, each with $100B principal ceiling. These are statutory amounts, not remaining balances; do not simply add ceilings into deployable cash.
All recorded limits
No new guarantees after Oct. 1, 2028 absent extension
§149(d) 80% rule is expressly written for direct-loan investments, not a blanket guarantee percentage rule
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.
What this is not / limit: This text expressly authorizes third-party investment awards; it does not expressly enumerate a general direct government equity portfolio
Executing role: WIRE/IBAS program and assigned warranted contracting or agreements officer
Authority holder
Secretary of Defense
Eligibility gate
Enumerated §4817(g)(1) defense supply-chain purposes; other purposes require essentiality/timeliness findings and 30-day report
No activity in the six covered countries under §4817(m)
Applicable approval and award instrument
Funding condition
Industrial Base Fund appropriations; Pub. L.119-60 §867(b) bars using funds made available BEFORE Dec.18,2025 for newly added §4817(g)–(j) activities. FY27 CR limitations independently apply to its funds.
All recorded limits
Authority runs only for five years beginning Dec.18,2025
This text expressly authorizes third-party investment awards; it does not expressly enumerate a general direct government equity portfolio
An uncodified pilot expressly lists loans, guarantees, purchase commitments, cost-sharing and third-party awards supporting debt/equity investment in small/medium manufacturers.
Fund investments in the critical technologies and assets identified for the Joint Force, including supply-chain technologies not always supported through direct investment.
What this is not / limit: This is an express investment-funding duty, not merely coordination; the subsection does not specify an unrestricted direct-equity portfolio or particular financing instrument.
Executing role: Office of Expanded Competition Director
Authority holder
Office of Expanded Competition within the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force; headed by the OEC Director
Eligibility gate
Connect the investment to the technologies and assets described in §9025(c)(2).
Identify the transaction form, applicable requirements, lawful funds, and authorized signatory before execution.
Funding condition
§9025 does not specify a dedicated appropriation or available balance. Identify legally available funds and the fiscal conditions of the proposed action.
All recorded limits
This is an express investment-funding duty, not merely coordination; the subsection does not specify an unrestricted direct-equity portfolio or particular financing instrument.
No dedicated appropriation, available balance, or individual transaction delegation is established by this record.
Support outreach and coordination by DoD scouting and acquisition elements so their investment decisions can counter adversarial capital flows, including use of relevant authorities vested elsewhere in DoD or the Federal Government.
What this is not / limit: Coordination does not automatically transfer another component's authority or authorize OEC to sign its awards.
Executing role: Office of Expanded Competition Director
Authority holder
Office of Expanded Competition within the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force; headed by the OEC Director
Eligibility gate
Connect the support to DoD scouting or acquisition elements and adversarial capital flows described in §9025(c)(1).
Confirm the holder and applicable conditions of any other component's authority used.
Funding condition
§9025 does not specify a dedicated appropriation or available balance. Identify legally available funds and the fiscal conditions of the proposed action.
All recorded limits
Coordination does not automatically transfer another component's authority or authorize OEC to sign its awards.