The Defense Department has reworked its weapons technology development priorities, elevating microelectronics to the No. 1 position -- a move that bumps maneuvering hypersonic technology development from the top to the No. 3 post, with 5G technology development pulling into the No. 2 billet between them, according to a senior Pentagon official. Mark Lewis, director of defense research and engineering for modernization, recently retooled the hierarchy of the 11 modernization priorities his office oversees in a reordering that also elevated...
