無人探査機や極超音速研究を支援　経済安保重要技術で骨子案―政府

　政府は８日、経済安全保障上、重要な技術の研究開発強化に向けた、財政支援第１弾の対象となる技術の骨子案をまとめた。無人探査機や音速の５倍以上の「極超音速」、人工知能（ＡＩ）を活用したサイバーセキュリティー対策など３０近い技術が対象。同日開いた有識者会議に骨子案を提示し、大筋で了承を得た。
　第１弾の支援対象は、ＡＩや量子などの「先端重要技術」について、宇宙・航空や海洋、サイバー空間、バイオの４領域での活用を想定して選んだ。海洋観測能力の強化に向けた自律型無人探査機に関する技術や、航空機エンジン向けの先進材料開発、極超音速に関する要素技術などが盛り込まれている。（2022/08/08-21:08）

The Japanese government expects to provide fiscal assistance to studies on unmanned marine explorers and hypersonic technologies to achieve at least five times the speed of sound.
   The two areas are among the nearly 30 fields selected for the first round of fiscal support the government plans to provide to facilitate the development of advanced technologies considered important in terms of economic security.
   The selected fields are named in a draft list for the first-round assistance, presented at a government meeting with experts Monday. The experts broadly approved the draft.
   The selected fields, expected for applications in the aerospace, marine, cyberspace and bio-related areas, include technologies for autonomous unmanned explorers for better marine observations, advanced materials for aircraft engines, elemental technologies for hypersonic speeds and cybersecurity measures using artificial intelligence.
   Based on the list, the experts will draw up the first of their planned visions for research and development within August. The government hopes to adopt the first one at a cabinet meeting on economic security so that it can start soliciting applicants within this year at the earliest.