Defense & Aerospace Daily Podcast [Mar 18, 2026] David Schild on the Comeback Factories Securing America’s Tech Future

On today’s Technology Report; David Schild, the executive director of the Printed Circuit Board Association of America, joins Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian to discuss the new movie — The New Frontier: Inside the Comeback Factories Securing America’s Tech Future — that will be premiering in Washington on March 25 at the Miracle Theater on Capitol Hill; status of legislation and funding to bolster the US printed circuit board industrial base; the entire printed circuit board supply chain; the extent domestic manufacturers can sustain themselves without significant government support; and what it will take for the industry to surge to support dramatically increased production of weapons called for by the Trump administration.