{"id":24603,"date":"2022-07-25T21:26:33","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T21:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2022\/07\/25\/biden-presses-for-chips-legislation-in-meeting-with-pentagons-no-2-and-lockheed\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:49:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:49:10","slug":"biden-presses-for-chips-legislation-in-meeting-with-pentagons-no-2-and-lockheed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/industry\/2022\/07\/25\/biden-presses-for-chips-legislation-in-meeting-with-pentagons-no-2-and-lockheed\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden presses for chips legislation in meeting with Pentagon\u2019s No. 2 and Lockheed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON \u2015 President Joe Biden and Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks met virtually on Monday with the chief executive of Lockheed Martin<\/a> and other companies to advance a bill to boost semiconductor production in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSemiconductors, it\u2019s not an overstatement to say, are the ground zero of our tech competition with China,\u201d Hicks<\/a> said, adding that they\u2019re vital for technologies from artificial intelligence to hypersonic weapons to next-generation networking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hicks said the Pentagon has become largely dependent on the commercial market for computer chips and that 98% of the commercial microelectronics the Pentagon needs are assembled, packaged and tested in Asia. The legislation, she said, would help ensure the military has assured access to chips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJust making sure that … when we [deploy troops] their weapons will operate as intended, and that the United States will retain control of that technology is incredibly important,\u201d Hicks said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bill making its way through the Senate is a top priority of the Biden administration. It would add about $79 billion to the deficit over 10 years, mostly as a result of new grants and tax breaks that would subsidize the costs computer chip manufacturers incur when building or expanding chip plants in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\t