Investments, goal-setting needed in microelectronics, USAF chief scientist says

By Briana Reilly / August 23, 2021 at 3:29 PM
The Air Force’s chief scientist is calling on policymakers to not only invest in new microelectronics technologies, but also help shape goal-setting around those investments, as the service and defense officials seek to make the area a budget priority in the next fiscal year. Apart from prioritizing new technologies, Victoria Coleman stressed the need for “creating frameworks that can take those investments, prove them out, scale them and then build sustainable business models around them” as part of a broader...

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