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Office of Expanded Competition

Office within the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, headed by its Director, carrying out the nine duties in 10 U.S.C. §9025(c). Separate from the Office of Strategic Capital.

OEC is a statutory office under the Secretary of the Air Force addressing adversarial capital flows and national-security investment needs. Its duties include investment, capital-assistance support, technology scouting and interagency coordination.

Budget & program scale

Not separately published

Investment duties established; no standalone OEC budget verified in the reviewed sources

Statutory scopeEstablished December 23, 2024
Section 9025 establishes the office and assigns investment and capital-assistance duties. The office-creation provision does not itself state a dollar appropriation, credit ceiling or public award program.
Source: Public Law 118-159, §924 — Establishment of OEC
Funding scopeResearch reviewed October 4, 2026
OEC sits within the Department of the Air Force. The department’s budget is broader institutional context, not evidence of an OEC-specific allocation; no separate OEC amount was identified in the sources reviewed.
Source: 10 U.S.C. §9025 — Office of Expanded Competition

How to engage

Institutional routing reference
OEC statutory responsibilities and organizational placement
The Director operates within the Secretary of the Air Force’s office. No verified public OEC solicitation or general applicant portal was identified; this statute is an organizational reference, not a submission endpoint.
Source: 10 U.S.C. §9025 — Office of Expanded Competition

Mission & responsibilities

Section 9025 assigns nine duties, including assessment of adversarial capital, investment priorities, funding investments, asset development and support to DoD capital assistance.
Source: 10 U.S.C. §9025 — Office of Expanded Competition
Other duties cover coordination with technology scouts and acquisition elements, analytical tools and coordination with federal agencies. OEC is institutionally distinct from OSC.
Source: 10 U.S.C. §9025 — Office of Expanded Competition

Authority & organization

10 U.S.C. §9025 establishes OEC, its Director and its duties. Section 9025(c)(3) addresses funding investments; subsection (c)(6) separately addresses helping DoD provide capital assistance.
Source: 10 U.S.C. §9025 — Office of Expanded Competition
Coordination and use of relevant authorities vested in other components do not make OEC and OSC interchangeable. Any transaction needs its applicable instrument, funding and implementing assignment.
Source: 10 U.S.C. §9025 — Office of Expanded Competition

Institutional limits

Statutory office duties do not establish available funds, a public intake, an individual award warrant, or another component's delegated power. Investment funding and help with capital assistance remain distinct functions.