The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy has published its renewed National Security Science & Technology Strategy, and Appendix A of the 24-page document rewrites the federal Critical and Emerging Technologies (CET) list for the first time since February 2024, shrinking it from 18 categories to 14. Advanced cloud services, high-performance data storage and data centers, batteries, grid integration, gas turbine engines, and augmented and virtual reality have all gotten the chop, while post-quantum cryptography, integrated photonics, high entropy alloys, and "hardened operating systems for consumer use" have been added.
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