Defense & Aerospace Technology Report [Apr 12, 23] Purdue Applied Research Institute's Dr Mark Lewis

On this week’s Technology Report, Dr. Mark Lewis, the new CEO of Purdue University’s new Applied Research Institute, discusses the institute and university’s national security role, analyzes the technology elements of the Biden administration’s budget request, assess investment in hypersonic weapons technologies and programs, the long-term implications of the national investment in technology including the CHIPS effort to reinvigorate America’s semiconductor capabilities, how to think about artificial intelligence as public perceptions are shaped by apps like ChatGPT, and the technologies we should be paying more attention to with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.