MTO is leading pioneering research in Integrated Microsystems as "platforms-on-a-chip" to enable revolutionary performance and functionality for future DoD systems. The core functionality of an integrated microsystem is the ability to sense, process and act on data in the battlespace to give the US warfighter an asymmetric advantage. In an effort to develop such Integrated Microsystems while satisfying DoD requirements, MTO programs address numerous technical challenges including chemical, biological and electromagnetic spectrum detection from DC-to-optical, signal processing at the sensor front-end and at the back-end of analog, digital and mixed-signal circuits, data communication through novel devices and circuits, and power production and conversion matched to system needs. MTO programs span five core technology areas, while many of the most revolutionary capabilities result from technical synergies at the interfaces of these categories.