Earlier today the Biden administration announced an initiative to start shifting federal agencies towards using software written in "safe" languages:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/oncd/briefing-room/2024/02/26/press-release-technical-report/
Nowhere do they present recommendations for specific safe languages, but reference is made to Microsoft's Project Everest (which uses F-star, a semi-provably safe Fsharp derivative) which seems like a broad hint. The Rust folks are probably already declaring victory and patting each other on their backs.
When software vendors are looking over the list of programming languages with safety features suitable for use for contracts with the United States federal government, D should at least be included in the list. It might help drum up some jobs for folks who would like to write D for a living, but are stuck with less-favored languages for lack of industry demand.
I'm not sure how to get it on that list, though, nor whether there even is such a list.