Complex sentence: In the military, however, the required telemetry and miniaturization technologies were more advanced, particularly due to initiatives such as the space program, but it would take several more years before these technologies drifted through to civilian applications.
Split into simpler sentences: In the military, however, the required telemetry and miniaturization technologies were more advanced, particularly due to initiatives such as the space program. It would take several more years before these technologies drifted through to civilian applications.