In partnership with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), NASA’s Office of Strategic Capital (NOSC) is launching a multi-year initiative to strengthen the commercial space supply chain. Building on the SBA’s proven Small Business Investment Company framework, the partnership channels a combination of public and private capital to American-owned small businesses on which NASA’s missions depend. This approach helps companies scale manufacturing, attain certification, and integrate into a growing space economy. Under this partnership, NASA will define the strategic technology priorities and critical supply chain needs, while the SBA will license and oversee the private investment funds that deploy capital.
By focusing on the building blocks of the space economy, the initiative reinforces the supply chains that support NASA’s mission priorities, and it advances President Trump’s National Space Policy and the objectives set forth on Ignition Day. To help guide this investment, NASA has identified a set of Investment Focus Areas. These focus areas are reviewed annually and will be updated as mission needs evolve, ensuring that public and private capital continues to flow toward technologies most essential to a resilient, domestic space industrial base.
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For additional information about this initiative or to inquire about partnership opportunities, please contact NASA’s Office of Strategic Capital (NOSC).
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