White House strategy elevates AI, quantum, semiconductors and space for national security

The National Security Science and Technology Strategy, released August 20, 2026, directs federal agencies to accelerate useful science, acquisition and research protection. Priorities include AI, quantum, advanced computing and semiconductors, biotechnology, positioning, navigation and timing, and space systems.

The strategy is a policy signal linking research policy, industrial capacity, allied cooperation and military advantage.

Contractors should align portfolios with agency missions, export controls, research-security obligations and allied interoperability. A strategy is by itself neither a funding appropriation nor a contract award.