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logistics."},{"id":"comms","label":"Communications","definition":"Military communications and networking: SATCOM, tactical radios, 5G, resilient comms."},{"id":"cloud_data","label":"Cloud / data","definition":"Cloud computing, data platforms, and software infrastructure: JWCC, data fabric, DevSecOps."},{"id":"microelectronics","label":"Microelectronics","definition":"Semiconductors, chips, and trusted microelectronics for defense."},{"id":"directed_energy","label":"Directed energy","definition":"Directed-energy weapons: high-energy lasers and high-power microwave systems."},{"id":"hypersonics","label":"Hypersonics","definition":"Hypersonic weapons, glide vehicles, and defenses against them."},{"id":"quantum","label":"Quantum","definition":"Quantum technologies: quantum computing, sensing, and communications."}],"source_type":[{"id":"official_dod","label":"Official / DoD","definition":"U.S. Department of Defense and government primary sources."},{"id":"service_pr","label":"Service / 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