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Logistics, depots and industrial partnerships

Find a lawful operating, partnering or reimbursable-work route for depots, arsenals and other defense industrial facilities.

Groups can overlap. Counts are records, not distinct statutory powers. Executing roles below are routing leads, not verified delegations.

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Loans & guarantees

What this group is not: A loan or guarantee is not equity, and a loan tag may describe lending materials or equipment rather than cash.

Basis: IND-03, IND-09, IND-21, INT-22

Example limit · IND-28: Army ARMS official document describes this credit program as no longer used; statute alone is not proof of operational funding

Recorded executing roles: Army ARMS program, JMC, participating GOCO facility operators

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IND-28 · Industrial credit

Guarantee commercial tenant loans at eligible Army ammunition facilities

ARMS expressly permits loan guarantees to establish commercial activity using eligible facilities, potentially administered with SBA or USDA.

What this is not / limit: Army ARMS official document describes this credit program as no longer used; statute alone is not proof of operational funding

Executing role: Army ARMS program, JMC, participating GOCO facility operators

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Other statutory tools

What this group is not: These pathways do not supply interchangeable powers or funds; each retains its own purpose, procedures and exclusions.

Basis: ACQ-43, FIN-01, FIN-11

Example limit · IND-24: Not authority to conduct arbitrary commercial businesses or make private loans

Recorded executing roles: Service industrial and supply activities; DLA supply chains; Defense Agency common-service providers; Authorized depot/arsenal commander and contracting/finance offices; Army ARMS program, JMC, participating GOCO facility operators

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IND-24 · Revolving industrial finance

Operate reimbursable supply and industrial businesses with working-capital funds

Finance inventories and common industrial/commercial services; recover costs from customer appropriations and support capital assets under specified rules.

What this is not / limit: Not authority to conduct arbitrary commercial businesses or make private loans

Executing role: Service industrial and supply activities; DLA supply chains; Defense Agency common-service providers

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IND-25 · Organic industrial partnerships

Partner with private firms at depots and arsenals

Designated Centers of Industrial and Technical Excellence may execute public-private work-sharing and allow use of underutilized equipment/facilities to sustain skills and reduce ownership costs.

What this is not / limit: Not blanket outsourcing of inherently governmental/core work

Executing role: Authorized depot/arsenal commander and contracting/finance offices

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IND-26 · Industrial sales

Sell government industrial products or services to non-DoD customers

Designated working-capital industrial facilities may sell articles/services not available from U.S. commercial sources; Army cannon/ammunition facilities use their distinct §7543 route.

What this is not / limit: Not unrestricted competition with private industry

Executing role: Authorized depot/arsenal commander and contracting/finance offices

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IND-27 · Industrial property reuse

Commercialize underused Army ammunition facilities through ARMS

Make eligible GOCO ammunition facilities available using facility-use contracts, property management, leases and in-kind consideration, maintaining mobilization capacity while lowering ownership cost.

What this is not / limit: Historical extra 25-year option authority applied only to contracts entered by its specified deadline; do not treat as open-ended new-award authority

Executing role: Army ARMS program, JMC, participating GOCO facility operators

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