### Question
How does Coronavirus Economic Stabilization define businesses critical to maintaining national security?


### Answer
Under *15 U.S.C. § 9041*, **businesses critical to maintaining national security** is defined as:

> those businesses that manufacture or produce aerospace-related products, civil or defense, including those that design, integrate, assemble, supply, maintain, and repair such products, and other businesses involved in aerospace-related manufacturing or production as further defined by the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Transportation

#### Citation:
  - *15 U.S.C. § 9041*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 116-CORONAVIRUS ECONOMIC STABILIZATION (CARES ACT) > SUBCHAPTER III-ECONOMIC STABILIZATION AND ASSISTANCE TO SEVERELY DISTRESSED SECTORS OF THE UNITED STATES ECONOMY > Part A-Coronavirus Economic Stabilization**

