people focus less on military, resulting in more peaceful resolutions to disputes
this doesn't stop someone from leaving the United Nations and constructing a large army that will obliterate the smaller armies
the composite materials are implemented into new civilian aircraft models and the civil albatross for mass air freight, this makes them less costly to operate and makes shipping goods by air fairly cheap
engines are already on a periodic upgrade cycle since this high-efficiency engine project with an unattainable goal of 100% efficiency will go on forever
this program to turbines and ground vehicles as well so volvo easily has the most efficient car at this point
no more new military craft except for the exoframe project (soon to be completed anyway) will be developed though upgrades are obviously a thing. we'll be able to look towards the stars more seriously than having four guys in a room draft up plans at a slow pace, with electromagnetic applications research completed for a while and particle research is due to come in sooner or later according to the
web document.
optical chips are nice so they'll be in the testing phase sooner or later (2022) since the team is working on a startup-ish budget
northern electronics has released commercial robots two times already at this point and that phone hasn't had any formidable competition
construction robots become better with software derived from the AI tank/plane software
server capacity is expanded in scandinavia
human nanotech cancer trials start