Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation

What Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation does

The Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation (OLDCC) is a U.S. federal government office operating under the Department of War (formerly Department of Defense) that provides technical and financial assistance to state and local governments adjacent to military installations. Founded in 1961 and previously known as the Office of Economic Adjustment (OEA), OLDCC administers a portfolio of competitive, eligibility-based, and needs-based grant programs addressing base closures, realignments, defense contract changes, and community-military installation cooperation. Its core programs include the Defense Community Infrastructure Program (DCIP), Defense Manufacturing Community Support Program (DMCSP), Community Noise Mitigation Program, Installation Readiness, Mission Realignment, and Public Schools on Military Installations. Eligible recipients are state and local governments, counties, municipalities, regions, school districts, and instrumentalities of local government.

The organization operates a web-based grants management portal at grants.oldcc.gov (built on the SmartSimple platform) for application submission and award management, and publishes an annual Defense Spending by State Report covering all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories including Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and Northern Mariana Islands. OLDCC has no commercial revenue model; it functions as a pass-through entity that distributes federal appropriations to eligible applicants through Grants.gov Notices of Funding Opportunity and direct Payment Management System disbursements. The office is led by Director Patrick J. O'Brien and maintains headquarters at 2231 Crystal Drive, Suite 520, Arlington, Virginia, with a staff of 43 employees.

Notable grant activity includes $100M Defense Community Infrastructure Program awards in both FY23 and FY24, $86M to Hillsborough County Public Schools for Tinker Elementary/Middle School at MacDill Air Force Base, $78M each to San Diego Unified School District and Sierra Sands School District, $59M to Alamogordo School District, $57M to North Chicago School District 187, $142.5M to Muroc Joint Unified School District for Edwards AFB facilities, $122M to Guam Waterworks Authority, and $39M for a Guam biosafety laboratory. Strategic partnerships span NC State University Industry Expansion Solutions, Georgia Tech Manufacturing Institute, Panasonic (via the former Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant redevelopment), Idaho Power, Muroc Joint Unified School District, and Brookings Institution, alongside core relationships with the Department of War and Department of Defense.

Name

Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation

Legal name

Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation

Website

https://oldcc.gov

Company type

Public

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

OLDCC is a U.S. Department of War office that provides technical and financial assistance (grants) to state, local, and territorial governments adjacent to military installations, administering programs covering infrastructure, manufacturing, schools, noise mitigation, and base realignment.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Federal Grant Administration

NAICS

National Security and International Affairs (9281), Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development (925)

akta.pro primary industry

Veterans & Military Family Benefits Administration (BPAIAKAI)

Keywords

• Federal grant programs
• Defense community assistance
• Military installation support
• Defense infrastructure grants
• Defense manufacturing grants

Headquarters

HQ city

Arlington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Federal Appropriation Funding: OLDCC receives federal funding through congressional appropriations to provide technical and financial assistance (grants) to defense communities. The office acts as a pass-through entity for Department of Defense funds directed to state and local governments.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation (OLDCC) is a U.S. Department of War/Department of Defense line function that provides technical and financial assistance to states, counties, municipalities, regions, and other defense communities. It administers multiple eligibility-based, needs-based, and competitive grant programs—including the Defense Community Infrastructure Program, Defense Manufacturing Community Support Program, Community Noise Mitigation Program, Installation Readiness, Mission Realignment, and Public Schools on Military Installations—to support military installation readiness, base reuse, defense manufacturing, and military family quality of life.

Product overview

The Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation (OLDCC) is a U.S. Department of Defense office that provides technical and financial assistance to defense communities through multiple grant programs. The organization does not offer a unified software product but rather administers a portfolio of eligibility-based, needs-based, and competitive grant programs including the Defense Community Infrastructure Program (DCIP), Defense Manufacturing Community Support Program (DMCSP), Community Noise Mitigation Program, Installation Readiness, Mission Realignment, and Public Schools on Military Installations. OLDCC also operates a grants management system (built on SmartSimple) for applicants and grantees, and publishes annual Defense Spending by State Reports.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Defense Community Infrastructure Program

Named customers9 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered major, minor, notable and core.

• North Carolina State University Industry Expansion SolutionsmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 June 2022DMCSP grant recipient supporting innovation in advanced textiles and wearables for warfighter survivability, performance and lethality. Partners include 20 entities across North Carolina focused on manufacturing, entrepreneurship, and workforce development.
• Brookings InstitutionminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 28 April 2022Joint event on Defense Spending by State report featuring OLDCC Program Activity Lead Elizabeth Chimienti discussing defense industrial base support.
• PanasonicnotableStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Panasonic building $4 billion EV battery plant in De Soto, Kansas on former Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant site, creating 4,000 jobs and supporting defense manufacturing ecosystem.
• Department of War (DoW)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOLDCC operates under the Department of War, serving as a line function that furthers the priorities of the National Defense Strategy by supporting warfighters and ensuring mission readiness.
• Department of DefensecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOLDCC is an office within the DoD that provides technical and financial assistance to defense communities, supporting the overall DoD mission and National Defense Strategy.
• Muroc Joint Unified School DistrictmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership to replace educational facilities on Edwards Air Force Base through the Public Schools on Military Installations Program, supporting 1,600 students annually.
• Idaho PowernotableStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Mountain Home Air Force Base for electrical infrastructure resilience through 'islanding' solution using hydropower from Snake River plants.
• Georgia Tech Manufacturing InstitutemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDOD-funded Georgia Manufacturing 4.0 Consortium created with OLDCC funding to advance manufacturing technologies with emphasis on small business participation.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Northern Border Regional Commission: NBRC is a federal-state regional commission providing economic and infrastructure development grants to northern New England and New York — directly parallel grant-administration model and customer segment as OLDCC.
• USDA Rural Development: USDA Rural Development administers federal grants and loans for rural infrastructure, housing, and community facilities — directly comparable to OLDCC's role as a federal conduit funding community-level capital projects.
• Denali Commission: Denali Commission is a federal-state partnership funding critical infrastructure in rural Alaska — directly comparable to OLDCC as a small federal grant-making body targeting geographically-specific community needs.
• Appalachian Regional Commission: ARC is a federal-state economic development partnership that funds infrastructure, workforce, and community grants across a defined region — sharing OLDCC's federal-grant-administration model and target customer (state and local governments) for community/economic development.
• Delta Regional Authority: DRA is a federal-state regional commission providing economic development grants and technical assistance to distressed communities — closely analogous to OLDCC in structure, mission, and customer base.
• U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development: HUD administers the Community Development Block Grant program and other federal grants funding local infrastructure and community facilities — closely parallel to OLDCC's community-development grant portfolio and target grantees.
• Economic Development Administration: EDA is a Commerce Department bureau that administers competitive and formula-based grants for economic development in distressed U.S. communities — directly parallel to OLDCC's grant-administration model for defense-impacted communities, with the same appropriations-to-grant pass-through structure.
• Federal Emergency Management Agency: FEMA is a federal agency that administers large-scale preparedness, mitigation, and resilience grant programs to states and communities — overlapping with OLDCC's community resilience and infrastructure grant-administration function.

Broad incumbents

• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: USACE is a much larger DoD component that executes community-adjacent military construction and civil works programs — overlaps with OLDCC's installation-readiness and infrastructure mission but operates at substantially greater scale and broader scope.
• Defense Logistics Agency: DLA is a large DoD combat-support agency — operating in the same parent organization as OLDCC and supporting defense installation readiness, but with a much broader logistics mission rather than community-focused grant-making.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/oldccgov
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/office-of-local-defense-community-cooperation

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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