I feel compelled to start off by recognizing that today marks the 25th anniversary of the tragic activities that took place on 9/11/2001. Like so many of us, I will never forget exactly where I was and what I was doing when I heard that United flights 11 and 175 had struck the World Trade Center in NYC. That day, the world was forever changed, and the effects still reverberate. Today, I am taking a moment to remember the lives lost and the heroism and coming together that day brought about. 

The rise of drones is no longer on the horizon. Unmanned systems have rapidly changed the modern battlefield, demonstrating the value of platforms that can sense, communicate, process information, and act at unprecedented speed. But as development and production of these systems accelerate, another mission-critical consideration is coming into focus: the supply chain behind the electronics. U.S. defense policy is focusing on reducing dependence on covered foreign sources for unmanned systems and their critical components. The message to the defense industrial base is becoming clear: Resilient, trusted supply chains matter, and the electronics inside tomorrow's unmanned platforms are part of that equation.

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