Bump Hypersonics as DOD’s Top Tech Priority
April 22, 2020 | By John A. Tirpak
The Pentagon has shifted its top priority from hypersonics to microelectronics, because the latter technology is part of almost all weapon systems, Mark Lewis, the head of defense research and engineering modernization, said April 22.
Speaking in an AFA live-stream event conducted by AFA Mitchell Institute dean retired Lt. Gen. David Deptula, Lewis called microelectronics “our most important investment, right now.†The U.S. is “in danger†of losing the edge in this critical field, he said.
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