Washington, D.C. — Today, Senator Ted Budd (R-NC) applauded the announcement of a $39.4 million Department of Defense (DOD) grant award to North Carolina State University to help accelerate the development of wide- and ultrawide-bandgap semiconductors to help meet DOD’s present and future needs.
The Commercial Leap Ahead for Wide-bandgap Semiconductors (CLAWS) proposal would partner with advanced technology companies and academic institutions such as Adroit Materials, General Electric, Kyma, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NC A&T), and Wolfspeed.
Senator Budd led a bipartisan letter on June 23, 2023 urging DOD to consider the CLAWS proposal.
Sen. Budd said in a statement:
“I’d like to thank the DOD for choosing to invest in NC State’s CLAWS proposal. It is critical that the United States takes the lead in semiconductor manufacturing, and it was a privilege to advocate for North Carolina’s unique capacity to get the job done for our national and economic security.”
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