Opportunity and Exposure Under the New National Security Science & Technology Strategy

The US National Security Science & Technology Strategy (NSSTS) released in August 2026 expands national security regulations to cover a broad range of critical technologies including AI, biotech, quantum computing, and semiconductors. It intensifies foreign investment scrutiny via CFIUS, tightens outbound investment restrictions, modernizes export controls, and introduces new research security obligations, while increasing federal R&D funding and acquisition reforms to drive innovation and resilience in national security domains.

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