; (2) identify and prioritize promising critical technologies and assets that require capital assistance and have the potential to benefit the Department of Defense; and (3) make eligible investments in such technologies and assets, such as supply chain technologies not always supported through direct investment. (d) Non-Federal funding requirements for certain investments In the case of an eligible investment made through a direct loan, not less than 80 percent of the total capital provided for the specific technology to be funded by the investment shall be derived from non-Federal sources as of the time of the investment. (e) Definitions In this section: (1) The term capital assistance means a loan, loan guarantee, or technical assistance. (2) The term covered technology category means the following: (A) Advanced bulk materials. (B) Advanced manufacturing. (C) Autonomous mobile robots. (D) Battery storage. (E) Biochemicals. (F) Bioenergetics. (G) Biomass. (H) Cybersecurity. (I) Data fabric. (J) Decision science. (K) Edge computing. (L) External communication. (M) Hydrogen generation and storage. (N) Mesh networks. (O) Microelectronics assembly, testing, or packaging. (P) Microelectronics design and development. (Q) Microelectronics fabrication. (R) Microelectronics manufacturing equipment. (S) Microelectronics materials. (T) Nanomaterials and metamaterials. (U) Open RAN. (V) Optical communications. (W) Sensor hardware. (X) Solar. (Y) Space launch. (Z) Spacecraft. (AA) Space-enabled services and equipment. (BB) Synthetic biology. (CC) Quantum computing. (DD) Quantum security. (EE) Quantum sensing. (3) The term eligible entity means— (A) an individual; (B) a corporation; (C) a partnership, which may include a public-private partnership, limited partnership, or general partnership; (D) a joint venture; (E) a trust; (F) a State, including a political subdivision or any other instrumentality of a State; (G) a Tribal government or consortium of Tribal governments