EconDefense
IND-18 / Industrial capacity, capital and credit

Use a time-limited industrial innovation pilot for credit and third-party debt/equity investment

An uncodified pilot expressly lists loans, guarantees, purchase commitments, cost-sharing and third-party awards supporting debt/equity investment in small/medium manufacturers.

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At a glance

Mission goalExpand production
Possible toolIND-18 · Investment & capital

Authority holder: Secretary of Defense

Investment & capital

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

Availability and verification

Time-limited statutory pathway; operating program, credit budget authority, and new-award feasibility not verified.

Requirements and limits

Eligibility & prerequisites

  • Pilot supports military manufacturing or emerging defense/commercial technologies
  • Use applicable underlying contracting, OT or other lawful authorities and credit appropriations

Limits & exclusions

  • Pilot terminates Dec.31,2026
  • Express third-party equity support does not establish unlimited direct Treasury equity acquisition
  • Existing credit subsidy/principal authority must be identified

Funding conditions

  • No inferred appropriation or revolving authority; credit assistance requires credit-law analysis.

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Who contributes what

Need & planning

  • USD(A&S) / Industrial Base Policy / Industrial Base Resilience / WIRE
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  • Military Department and COCOM requirement sponsors
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Resources

  • Industrial Base Fund / IBAS program
  • DoD Comptroller and component funding sponsors
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Approval

Execution

  • WIRE/IBAS program and assigned warranted contracting or agreements officer
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Partners & review

  • Industry / eligible intermediaries
  • DoD General Counsel and fiscal counsel
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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 powerSource and conditions recorded
EligibilityProject-specific check needed
Available fundsBalances not verified
DelegationValid signature authority must be checked
ExecutionOffice capacity and approvals must be checked

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.

Research target: October 2, 2026. A record-specific last-review date is not supplied. Publication date is not legal-currentness certification.

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