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Critical and Emerging Technologies List
The following critical and emerging technology areas are of particular importance to the national security of the United States:
• Advanced Computing
• Advanced Engineering Materials
• Advanced Gas Turbine Engine Technologies
• Advanced Manufacturing
• Advanced and Networked Sensing and Signature Management
• Advanced Nuclear Energy Technologies
• Artificial Intelligence
• Autonomous Systems and Robotics
• Biotechnologies
• Communication and Networking Technologies
• Directed Energy
• Financial Technologies
• Human-Machine Interfaces
• Hypersonics
• Networked Sensors and Sensing
• Quantum Information Technologies
• Renewable Energy Generation and Storage
• Semiconductors and Microelectronics
• Space Technologies and Systems
Critical and Emerging Technology Subfields
Each identified CET area includes a set of key subfields that describe its scope in more detail.
Advanced Computing
• Supercomputing
• Edge computing
• Cloud computing
• Data storage
• Computing architectures
• Data processing and analysis techniques
Advanced Engineering Materials
• Materials by design and material genomics
• Materials with new properties
• Materials with substantial improvements to existing properties
• Material property characterization and lifecycle assessment
Advanced Gas Turbine Engine Technologies
Aerospace, maritime, and industrial development and production technologies
Full-authority digital engine control, hot-section manufacturing, and associated technologies
Advanced Manufacturing
• Additive manufacturing
• Clean, sustainable manufacturing
• Smart manufacturing
• Nanomanufacturing
Advanced and Networked Sensing and Signature Management
• Payloads, sensors, and instruments
• Sensor processing and data fusion
• Adaptive optics
• Remote sensing of the Earth
• Signature management
• Nuclear materials detection and characterization
• Chemical weapons detection and characterization
• Biological weapons detection and characterization
• Emerging pathogens detection and characterization
• Transportation-sector sensing
• Security-sector sensing
• Health-sector sensing
• Energy-sector sensing
• Building-sector sensing
• Environmental-sector sensing
Advanced Nuclear Energy Technologies
• Nuclear energy systems
• Fusion energy
• Space nuclear power and propulsion systems
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
• Machine learning
• Deep learning
• Reinforcement learning
• Sensory perception and recognition
• Next-generation AI
• Planning, reasoning, and decision making
• Safe and/or secure AI
Autonomous Systems and Robotics
• Surfaces
• Air
• Maritime
• Space
Biotechnologies
• Nucleic acid and protein synthesis
• Genome and protein engineering including design tools
• Multi-omics and other biometrology, bioinformatics, predictive modeling, and analytical tools for functional phenotypes
• Engineering of multicellular systems
• Engineering of viral and viral delivery systems
• Biomanufacturing and bioprocessing technologies
Communication and Networking Technologies
• Radio-frequency (RF) and mixed-signal circuits, antennas, filters, and components
• Spectrum management technologies
• Next-generation wireless networks, including 5G and 6G
• Optical links and fiber technologies
• Terrestrial/undersea cables
• Satellite-based communications
• Hardware, firmware, and software
• Communications and network security
• Mesh networks/infrastructure independent communication technologies
Directed Energy
• Lasers
• High-power microwaves
• Particle beams
Financial Technologies
• Distributed ledger technologies
• Digital assets
• Digital payment technologies
• Digital identity infrastructure
Human-Machine Interfaces
• Augmented reality
• Virtual reality
• Brain-computer interfaces
• Human-machine teaming
Hypersonics
• Propulsion
• Aerodynamics and control
• Materials
• Detection, tracking, and characterization
• Defense
Quantum Information Technologies
• Quantum computing
• Materials, isotopes, and fabrication techniques for quantum devices
• Post-quantum cryptography
• Quantum sensing
• Quantum networking
Renewable Energy Generation and Storage
• Renewable generation
• Renewable and sustainable fuels
• Energy storage
• Electric and hybrid engines
• Batteries
• Grid integration technologies
• Energy-efficiency technologies
Semiconductors and Microelectronics
• Design and electronic design automation tools
• Manufacturing process technologies and manufacturing equipment
• Beyond complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) technology
• Heterogeneous integration and advanced packaging
• Specialized/tailored hardware components for artificial intelligence, natural and hostileradiation environments, RF and optical components, high-power devices, and other critical applications
• Novel materials for advanced microelectronics
• Wide-bandgap and ultra-wide-bandgap technologies for power management, distribution, and transmission
Space Technologies and Systems
• On-orbit servicing, assembly, and manufacturing
• Commoditized satellite buses
• Low-cost launch vehicles
• Sensors for local and wide-field imaging
• Space propulsion
• Resilient positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT)
• Cryogenic fluid management
• Entry, descent, and landing
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