The President’s National Security Strategy | A Budget For America’s Future  | FY2021 |

“Funds Leading Edge Innovation. The United States must maintain its competitive advantage and technological superiority to counter the emerging threats outlined in the National Defense Strategy. As part of DOD’s largest Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E) request ever, the Budget provides over $14 billion in science and technology programs that support key investments in industries of the future such as artificial intelligence, quantum information science, and biotechnology. Significant funding is provided to advance core innovation and modernization priorities, including hypersonic weapons, directed energy, 5G, space, autonomy, microelectronics, and fully-networked command, control, and communications.”