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DoD pushes out 3 loans totaling $450M to bolster US space companies
Why it’s here: DoD Office of Strategic Capital federal loans to space launch and monitoring firms (Rocket Lab, Stoke, LeoLabs) tied to NSSL launch availability and FY26/FY27 appropriations is squarely within space and defense-tech policy and funding.
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4d agoBreaking DefenseDoD pushes out 3 loans totaling $450M to bolster US space companiesDoD's Office of Strategic Capital issued three conditional loans totaling $450M to Rocket Lab, Stoke Space and LeoLabs to expand space launch and radar capacity.1 outletSpaceDefense20 linked
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- United States Space Force
- SpaceX
- Rocket Lab
- Department of Defense
- Office of Strategic Capital
- LeoLabs
- Falcon 9
- Stoke Space
- Neros Technologies
- Neutron