Billions for new uncrewed systems and drone-killing tech included in Pentagon’s 2026 budget plan | DefenseScoop
Defense Department officials briefed reporters Friday on the Pentagon's budget request for FY26.| DefenseScoop
Defense Department officials briefed reporters Friday on the Pentagon's budget request for FY26.| DefenseScoop
Base Operations’ platform is custom-designed to help officials better assess real-time risks — like small drones — anywhere forces deploy.| DefenseScoop
The commander of U.S. Africa Command shed light on his team’s new approach to enable more African-led solutions that confront contemporary risks.| DefenseScoop
Top officials shared new details during the Defense Department’s first on-camera press briefing under the new Trump administration.| DefenseScoop
Questions have swirled about the new administration’s vision for the initiative and whether there are plans to transform or terminate it.| DefenseScoop
U.S. and U.K. military personnel have been actively monitoring installations around and airspace over Royal Air Force Lakenheath, RAF Mildenhall, RAF Feltwell and RAF Fairford for mysterious small drones that have been repeatedly spotted near those bases since Nov. 20 and are yet to be attributed to any adversarial or other sources.| DefenseScoop
Two senior defense officials shared an inside look at Autonomous Warrior 2024, an event in AUKUS' Maritime Big Play series of integrated trilateral experiments and exercises.| DefenseScoop
Defense Department leadership selected Anduril-made Ghost-X drones to be quickly mass-produced in the second tranche of the Replicator initiative.| DefenseScoop
DefenseScoop has exclusive details on what's to come under Replicator 2.0 via a memorandum signed by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.| DefenseScoop
Mikayla Easley reports on the Pentagon’s acquisition and use of emerging technologies. Prior to joining DefenseScoop, she covered national security and the defense industry for National Defense Magazine. She received a BA in Russian language and literature from the University of Michigan and a MA in journalism from the University of Missouri. You can follow her on Twitter @MikaylaEasley| DefenseScoop
Questions continue to swirl as local law enforcement and an interagency coalition investigate a still-growing caseload of thousands of tips.| DefenseScoop
Brandi Vincent is DefenseScoop’s Pentagon correspondent. She reports on emerging and disruptive technologies, and associated policies, impacting the Defense Department and its personnel. Prior to joining Scoop News Group, Brandi produced a long-form documentary and worked as a journalist at Nextgov, Snapchat and NBC Network. She grew up in Louisiana and received a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Maryland.| DefenseScoop
