Defense officials hopeful incoming administration keeps funding cutting-edge tech

SIMI VALLEY, California—No one knows whether defense spending will grow or shrink in the next administration, whose publicly stated goals include rebuilding arsenals, curbing government expenditure, cutting taxes, and shrinking federal headcount. But defense officials who oversee investment in dual-use technologies and companies say they're optimistic about their corner of the Pentagon budget.That’s because such investments—for example, in microelectronics, additive manufacturi