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Pentagon’s Technology Office Places Microelectronics As New Top Priority

Pentagon’s Technology Office Places Microelectronics As New Top Priority
Mark Lewis, Director of Defense Research and Engineering poses for his official portrait in the Army portrait studio at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., Nov., 04, 2019. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. XaViera Masline)

The Pentagon’s technology office has shifted its top modernization priority from hypersonics to microelectronics, an official said Tuesday, adding the department will look to greater advantage of commercial products in the area. Mark Lewis, director of defense research and engineering for modernization, told attendees during an online AFCEA event the Pentagon will look to move away from its “trusted foundry” model for microelectronics to avoid falling behind industry’s rapid pace of technology development. “We want the Department of Defense to…

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