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The Pentagon’s chief technology officer (CTO) has trimmed down the department’s list of critical technology priorities to six categories, focused on artificial intelligence, information dominance, biomanufacturing, contested logistics, directed energy and hypersonics. Emil Michael, under secretary of defense for research and engineering, called the move to pare down the list a “decisive shift” in the department’s research and development investments amid a push to deliver capability faster. “These six critical technology areas represent the priorities that will deliver the greatest…
