U.S. Critical And Emerging Technology List Forecasts Future Military Needs
The development of military technology is essentially a cat-and-mouse game, where a country must constantly develop new technologies to stay ahead of its adversaries. Part of this game involves forecasting out future needs and determining the underlying technologies. As such, the U.S. National Science and Technology Council published its set of Critical and Emerging Technologies (CETs) on Tuesday, which highlights the technology areas that are perceived as being key for U.S. national defense. This list serves as guidance for defense research, development, and acquisition efforts and prioritization.
The CET list includes fourteen technical areas from previous lists and five new technical areas. The lists of continuing technologies include advanced computing, advanced engineering materials, advanced gas turbine engine technologies, advanced manufacturing, advanced and networked sensing and signature management, artificial intelligence, autonomous systems and robotics, biotechnologies, communication and networking technologies, human-machine interfaces, networked sensors and sensing, quantum information technologies, semiconductors and microelectronics, and space technologies and systems. These technology areas relate to current weapon systems and…