cto.milCrawled Oct 27, 2026
The window for submitting an Application Part 1 for consideration under the September 27, 2024, Notice of Funding Availability - Equipment Finance ("NOFA") closed on February 3, 2025. OSC is no longer accepting Application Part 1 submissions or scheduling pre-application consultations related to this NOFA.
The National Security Fund Finance (NSFF) Program offers loans to investment fund managers to combine with private capital for companies addressing U.S. national security shortages in critical minerals and materials.
The FY25 Investment Strategy details how OSC will prioritize investments through credit-based financial products for critical technologies and their supply chains.
The Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) posts open government civilian positions on its page and shares them on LinkedIn, with additional listings available on USAJobs.
The United States relies on private capital as its primary funding source for technological competition, but some critical technologies receive little investment and lack traditional procurement support for national security.
Giving the warfighter the unfair advantage
Stoke Space secures a **$150 million conditional loan** from the U.S. Department of War’s Office of Strategic Capital to build a second launch pad at Cape Canaveral for its **Nova Block 2 rocket**, targeting a **2029 debut** and capable of carrying **15 metric tons to low Earth orbit**. The company, backed by **$2.3 billion in total funding**, also competes for military launch contracts under Space Force’s Lane 1 program and collaborates with NASA on upper-stage reentry technology. Stoke’s fully reusable rocket design—with both stages returning for reuse—mirrors SpaceX’s Starship approach but remains untested in orbit.
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