U.S. Office of Strategic Capital

The Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) is an office within the U.S. Department of Defense, established in December 2022, that uses credit instruments such as direct loans and loan guarantees to pull private capital into technology areas the Pentagon deems critical. It does not build hardware itself; it structures financing alongside private lenders and investors, and its authority to make loans and guarantees comes from 10 U.S.C. § 149 as amended by the FY2023 National Defense Authorization Act. Quantum computing, quantum sensing, and quantum networking are among the technology areas it targets, which makes it a source of debt financing rather than an operator of quantum hardware.

AI-written profile · not yet reviewed · 10 October 2026

Headquarters

Washington, D.C.

Founded

2022

Status

Private