The Trump administration today released its fiscal year 2027 research and development priorities for all federal agencies , highlighting several focus areas that have already attracted sustained attention from senior Pentagon leaders. Some of those areas were classified as critical and emerging technologies in which the administration wants to position the U.S. as global leader -- including quantum information science, artificial intelligence, microelectronics and advanced manufacturing. All these technologies appear in the Defense Department’s list of 14 “critical technology areas...
