NASA Office of Strategic Capital strengthens commercial space supply chain

NASA’s Office of Strategic Capital and the U.S. Small Business Administration are launching a multi-year initiative to strengthen the commercial space supply chain. Building on the SBA’s 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.

The initiative helps companies scale manufacturing, attain certification, and integrate into a growing space economy. Under the partnership, NASA will define strategic technology priorities and critical supply chain needs, while the SBA will license and oversee the private investment funds that deploy capital.

Focusing on the building blocks of the space economy reinforces the supply chains that support NASA’s mission priorities, and advances President Trump’s National Space Policy and the objectives set forth on Ignition Day.

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