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The Pentagon’s chief technology officer on Monday detailed her vision for bolstering the department’s microelectronics sourcing, to include more closely integrating data efforts with existing foundries and a new program aimed at fostering improved research partnerships between universities and the commercial industry. Heidi Shyu, the under secretary of defense for research and engineering, told attendees at a virtual National Defense Industrial Association event her plan for microelectronics would be greatly supported if Congress is able to pass the CHIPS Act…
