Most of the funding, $148 million, will go directly to the eight Microelectronic Common hubs spread across the country.
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Radars, EW, EO/IR, space imagery, and microelectronics are brought under one roof for a streamlined approach to common people and factories.
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Because it needs much less electricity per computation than current chips, the new hardware could take AI out of big data centers and onto drones, robots, and other small platforms at the “tactical edge.”
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As the Defense Department hails a key step in strengthening America’s microelectronic supply base with eight new hubs, a looming government shutdown casts a long shadow.
By Jaspreet Gill “To stay ahead of our competitors, the Department of Defense needs access to the commercial supply chain of microelectronics,” William LaPlante, USD A&S, said. “It is absolutely essential, but it comes with inherent risks. The independent panel review is helping us better understand the risk-based approach we need to take.”
By Jaspreet Gill While key executives tell Breaking Defense they have adjusted to the new normal, experts worry IT supply chain vulnerabilities could be exploited in the future by adversarial nations.
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Having digital technologies with silicon at their heart is how kinetic platforms like ships, planes, and next-generation ground vehicles become smart.
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Data analytics firm Govini noted widespread investment in most of 12 top critical national security technologies, but said stats on patents are a troubling indicator of Beijing’s tech rise.
By Jaspreet Gill With the delivery of the first set of prototypes, “the pendulum is swinging back to onshoring our own domestic capabilities,” Heidi Shyu, under secretary of defense for research and engineering, told reporters.
By Jaspreet Gill The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) plans to spend some $896 million on microelectronics, a total that is more than the combined figures for its second and third big money investment areas, in FY23.
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“Microelectronics are vital to every aspect of our lives from delivering power to our homes to securing our nation’s infrastructure,” said Heidi Shyu, undersecretary for research and engineering.
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Spearheaded by Heidi Shyu, the strategy will seek investments and concentrated efforts on 14 critical technology areas.
By Justin Katz
Reagan Institute warns of “inadequate” investments, “exceedingly fragile” supply chains, and “insufficient” accountability of government officials, among other US weaknesses.
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The CHIPS Act has been hailed by supporters as a game-changing piece of legislation in the microelectronics tug-of-war between the US and China. But is it a revolution, or is it just a starting point? In this new op-ed, Alan Shaffer, Mike Fritz and Bob Hummel of the Potomac Institute lay out how much more…
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