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The Defense Department has awarded a $25.3 billion contract to 10 companies under the Advanced Technology Support Program for microelectronics engineering development services over the next decade. This initiative aims to enhance military systems with advanced computer chips, addressing semiconductor obsolescence and focusing on research areas such as quantum computing and nanoelectronics. The contract follows a competitive bidding process, with the previous iteration having allocated approximately $9.2 billion since its inception in 2016.