The Department of War is bolstering its development of six “Critical Technology Areas” that will “define the future of American military superiority,” the Pentagon said.
The six areas, Applied Artificial Intelligence (AAI), Biomanufacturing (BIO), Contested Logistics Technologies (LOG), Quantum and Battlefield Information Dominance (Q-BID), Scaled Directed Energy (SCADE), and Scaled Hypersonics (SHY), will address challenges presented on the battlefield.
“Our nation’s military has always been the tip of the spear. Under Secretary Emil Michael’s six Critical Technology Areas will ensure that our warriors never enter a fair fight and have the best systems in their hands for maximum lethality,” War Secretary Pete Hegseth said in a statement. “The War Department is committed to remaining the most deadly fighting force on planet Earth.”
Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering, Emil Michael, said America’s adversaries are “moving fast, but we will move faster.”
“The warfighter is not asking for results tomorrow; they need them today,” Michael urged. “These six Critical Technology Areas are not just priorities; they are imperatives. The American warfighter will wield the most advanced technology to maximize lethality. This is how the War Department wins wars.”
Fox News obtained a memo on the CTAs, where Michael wrote that the development aligns with President Trump’s AI Action Plan. “When adopted rapidly, AI will fundamentally transform the Department from the enterprise-level, to intelligence synthesis and to warfighting,” he wrote.
“Future warfare will likely be characterized by contested environments in which the Joint Force is challenged to surge, operate into and within the operational theater, and resupply, reconstitute, and recover forces,” the memo read. “This CTA will enable the demonstration, validation, and scaling of novel approaches and technologies.”
