A CS-5000T drone is seen during a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of victory over Japan and the end of World War II, in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on September 3, 2025. (Photo by PEDRO PARDO/AFP via Getty Images) | DefenseScoop
Cyber warfare operators assigned to the 275th Cyber Operations Squadron of the 175th Cyberspace Operations Group of the Maryland Air National Guard configure a threat intelligence feed for daily watch in the Hunter’s Den at Warfield Air National Guard Base, Middle River, Md., Dec. 2, 2017. (U.S. Air Force photo by J.M. Eddins Jr.)| DefenseScoop
Inside U.S. Cyber Command at Fort Meade, Maryland. (Josef Cole / DOD / U.S. Cyber Command) | DefenseScoop
Lawmakers are pushing the Pentagon to develop a more proactive deterrence policy in the face of increasing adversary activity.| DefenseScoop
Experts that spoke with reporters for this story note several multifaceted questions regarding enhanced offensive operations, including what form they would take and if it’s an appropriate response to the recent rash of intrusions.| DefenseScoop
A provision in the Senate Armed Services Committee fiscal 2024 National Defense Authorization Act aims to create more uniformity between how each service provides forces to U.S. Cyber Command.| DefenseScoop
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Anthony Tata tour the Roosevelt Pavilion at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Md., Aug. 6, 2025. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Aiko Bongolan) | DefenseScoop
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a new memo with additional guidance on the ongoing DOD civilian hiring freeze.| DefenseScoop
WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 31: The U.S. Capitol building is reflected in a car parked on the East Front plaza. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) | DefenseScoop
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (May 23, 2025) The Secretary of the Navy John Phelan at the U.S. Naval Academy’s class of 2025 graduation and commissioning ceremony at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. (U.S. Navy photo by Stacy Godfrey) | DefenseScoop
Lt. Elliot Reed, right, assigned to Air Department aboard the world’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), signals to a Carrier Air Wing 8 F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to Strike Fighter Squadron 87, as it launches from the flight deck, July 14, 2025. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Tajh Payne) | DefenseScoop
Increased range will be a “core attribute” of the future fighter, Rear Adm. Michael “Buzz” Donnelly said.| DefenseScoop
United States Navy flag on flagpole (Source: Getty Images) | DefenseScoop
United States Navy flag on flagpole (Source: Getty Images) | DefenseScoop
United States Navy flag on flagpole (Source: Getty Images) | DefenseScoop
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Emil Michael tour multi-domain autonomous displays in the courtyard of the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., July 16, 2025. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Kubitza) | DefenseScoop
A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon departs after being refueled over the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Dec. 17, 2024. (U.S. Air Force photo) | DefenseScoop
A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon departs after being refueled over the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Dec. 17, 2024. (U.S. Air Force photo) | DefenseScoop
A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon departs after being refueled over the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Dec. 17, 2024. (U.S. Air Force photo) | DefenseScoop
A rendering of what someone using the new Project Overmatch capability known as Maven would look like. A unified tactical display that provides insight on vessels across the world, the Maven program overlays real-time ship readiness and sustainment data right at the user’s fingertips by utilizing artificial intelligence. It was created by Project Overmatch and Palantir in collaboration. (Image found on DVIDS as stock photo courtesy of Palantir) | DefenseScoop
A new U.S. security assistance package for Ukraine includes $300 million in funding for additional laser-guided munitions for counter drones.| DefenseScoop
A YFQ-42A Collaborative Combat Aircraft takes off during flight testing at a California test location. (Courtesy photo) | DefenseScoop
(Air Force rendering of the F-47) | DefenseScoop
Gen. Dan Caine speaks during a fireside chat at the Billington Cybersecurity Summit in Washington Sept. 10, 2025. (Photo credit: Billington CyberSecurity) | DefenseScoop
A second B-21 Raider, the nation’s sixth-generation stealth bomber, joins flight testing at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., Sept. 11, 2025. (Courtesy photo) | DefenseScoop
Defense Threat Reduction Agency test personnel prepare to carefully offload the 30,000-pound massive ordnance penetrator, or MOP, for a static test at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. (DTRA photo) | DefenseScoop
Flight test of Zone 5 Technologies’ drone interceptor. (Image courtesy of Zone 5 Technologies) | DefenseScoop
The Air Force announced that Boeing will develop and build its Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) platform.| DefenseScoop
The Air Force has given aircraft designations for its Collaborative Combat Aircraft prototypes ahead of the platforms’ first flights.| DefenseScoop
Screenshot of Kirsten Davies, President Donald Trump’s nominee for DOD CIO, testifying at her confirmation hearing with the Senate Armed Services Committee, Sept. 18, 2025. | DefenseScoop
Screenshot of Kirsten Davies, President Donald Trump’s nominee for DOD CIO, testifying at her confirmation hearing with the Senate Armed Services Committee, Sept. 18, 2025. | DefenseScoop
U.S. Army Soldiers, assigned to the 6th Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, and the Artificial Intelligence Integration Center, conduct drone test flights and software troubleshooting during Allied Spirit 24 at the Hohenfels Training Area, Joint Multinational Readiness Center, Germany, March 6, 2024. (U.S. Army photo by Micah Wilson) | DefenseScoop
Members of the 56th Air and Space Communications Squadron at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam operate cyber systems using a Enhanced communications flyaway kit during the Global Information Dominance Experiment 3 and Architect Demonstration Evaluation 5 at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Alpena, Michigan, July, 12, 2021. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Amy Picard) | DefenseScoop
A work crew prepares a 5G mobile test station for testing at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, Feb. 25, 2022. (U.S. Air Force photo by R. Nial Bradshaw) | DefenseScoop
chief information officer, Department of Defense| DefenseScoop
Acting DOD CIO Katie Arrington speaks at the UiPath on Tour Public Sector conference, April 29, 2025. (Photo credit: Scoop News Group) | DefenseScoop
Members of the 56th Air and Space Communications Squadron at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam operate cyber systems using a Enhanced communications flyaway kit during the Global Information Dominance Experiment 3 and Architect Demonstration Evaluation 5 at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Alpena, Michigan, July, 12, 2021. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Amy Picard) | DefenseScoop
The nomination was submitted to Congress on Tuesday and referred to the Senate Armed Services Committee for consideration.| DefenseScoop
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is directing all DOD components to embrace the Software Acquisition Pathway and use commercial solutions opening and Other Transaction agreements to speed up the procurement of digital tools for warfighters.| DefenseScoop
The Army CIO is publishing a memo in the next few weeks that establishes two pilot efforts aimed at streamlining the service’s cATO processes.| DefenseScoop
(June 26, 2025) An E/A-18G Growler, attached to Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 139, launches from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) during flight operations in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. (Official U.S. Navy photo) | DefenseScoop
U.S. Soldiers assigned to 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division set up a command post with the M1301 Infantry Squad Vehicle during exercise Spectrum Blitz 25 at the Hohenfels Training Area, Germany, April 11, 2025. Spectrum Blitz 25 is an exercise that provides an opportunity to train Electronic Warfare Teams in Electronic Warfare Training Strategies at the platoon level. (U.S. Army photos by Sgt. Collin Mackall) | DefenseScoop
Bravo Company (Bandits), 11th Cyber Battalion, culminated months of home station training with participation in National Training Center Rotation 25-03, January and February 2025. Expeditionary CEMA (Cyber and Electromagnetic Activities) Team 05 and ECT 06, B Co., 11CB, conducted electromagnetic reconnaissance, radio frequency enabled offensive cyber operations, and special purpose electromagnetic attacks to shape operations during the rotation for III Armor Corps, 1st Infantry Division, and ...| DefenseScoop
LAKE TRAVIS, Texas (Oct. 24, 2023) A prototype unmanned surface vehicle (USV) made by Saronic Technologies transits Lake Travis, Texas, during testing of an autonomous over-the-horizon solution conceived by student researchers at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS). (U.S. Navy photo) | DefenseScoop
The Texas-based defense startup will produce multiple batches of autonomous surface vessels for the U.S. Navy by mid-2031.| DefenseScoop
The powerful “Rapper Bot” DDoS-for-hire botnet impacted the Department of Defense Information Network (DODIN) in at least three attacks between April and August, two officials told DefenseScoop.| DefenseScoop
Opportunities for technology to make service members' complex PCS moving process smoother marked a key theme at an industry day.| DefenseScoop
DefenseScoop obtained a memo written by Deputy Secretary of Defense Stephen Feinberg directing the realignment of the Pentagon's Chief Digital and AI Office.| DefenseScoop
U.S. Marine Corps Capt. David Whalen, assigned to the Marine Innovation Unit (MIU), Marine Forces Reserve, works on developing a “Flight Mode” software feature at the Marine Corps Software Factory (MCSWF) in Austin, Texas, 17 – 29 March, 2025. (U.S.Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Orion Stpierre) | DefenseScoop
Aerial view of the Department of Defense. (Getty Images) | DefenseScoop
A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon departs after being refueled over the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Dec. 17, 2024. (U.S. Air Force photo) | DefenseScoop
The U.S.- and U.K.-led strikes against Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen late Thursday involved more than 150 various munition types and targeted drones, weapons, radar and surveillance assets across nearly 30 precise locations, Director of the Joint Staff Lt. Gen. Douglas Sims II told reporters on Friday.| DefenseScoop
FORT IRWIN, Calif. – Bravo Company (Bandits), 11th Cyber Battalion, culminated months of home station training with participation in National Training Center Rotation 25-03, January and February 2025. Expeditionary CEMA (Cyber and Electromagnetic Activities) Team 05 and ECT 06, B Co., 11CB, conducted electromagnetic reconnaissance, radio frequency enabled offensive cyber operations, and special purpose electromagnetic attacks to shape operations during the rotation for III Armor Corps, 1st ...| DefenseScoop
(Image courtesy Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company) | DefenseScoop
Airman 1st Class Gerald Mack, cyber operator with 175th Cyber Operations, Maryland Air National Guard, monitors cyber attacks during Exercise Southern Strike at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, April 21, 2023. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Renee Seruntine) | DefenseScoop
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The U.S. Capitol Building is seen at dusk after the National Weather Service issued an Extreme Heat Warning for the region on June 23, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Carter/Getty Images) | DefenseScoop
Launched effects are expected to bring a critical capability to the Army with advanced teaming between crewed and uncrewed systems to detect, identify, locate, and report pacing threats in contested environments. (Photo by Shawn Nesaw) | DefenseScoop
Launched effects are expected to bring a critical capability to the Army with advanced teaming between crewed and uncrewed systems to detect, identify, locate, and report pacing threats in contested environments. (Photo by Shawn Nesaw) | DefenseScoop
Colonel Isagani Criste, commander of the Philippine army’s First Scout Ranger Regiment, presents a gift to Vice Adm. Frank Bradley, Joint Special Operations Command commanding officer, during a key leader engagement in the Philippines, July 9, 2023. (Courtesy photo from DVIDS) | DefenseScoop
(U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Barry Loo) | DefenseScoop
The U.S. Space Force’s X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle Mission Seven successfully landed at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, March 7, 2025. The X-37B landed at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, to exercise the service’s ability to recover the spaceplane across multiple sites. (U.S. Space Force courtesy photo) | DefenseScoop
The national flags of the United States of America and the United Kingdom. (Source: Getty Images) | 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
The national flags of the United States of America and the United Kingdom. (Source: Getty Images) | DefenseScoop
The “Juniper” series of events are designed to test collective U.S.-Israeli readiness and improve the interoperability of defense systems. (Photo source: IDF Spokesperson’s Office and DVIDS) | DefenseScoop
A U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit takes off to support Operation MIDNIGHT HAMMER at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, June 2025. (Courtesy photo) | DefenseScoop
A common hypersonic glide body (C-HGB) launches from Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauai, Hawaii, March 19, 2020, during a Department of Defense flight experiment. (U.S. Navy photo/Released) | DefenseScoop
Powered by 27 Merlin engines, generating more than five million pounds of combined thrust, a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifts off from Launch Complex (LC)-39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Dec. 28, 2023 at 8:07 p.m. EST, carrying the U.S. Space Force (USSF)-52 mission into Earth orbit. (SpaceX photo) | DefenseScoop
The Navy plans to stand up additional regional unmanned task forces around the globe modeled after Task Force 59, Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro said.| DefenseScoop
Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks speaks at the DMI kickoff on Jan 31. (Photo by Brandi Vincent) | DefenseScoop
The cut to DTIC staff marks the latest move in an ongoing series of personnel reductions at DOD under the second Trump administration.| DefenseScoop
President Trump’s new artificial intelligence-enabling policy framework directs multiple tasks to advance the military’s technology adoption.| DefenseScoop
President Trump has nominated James Caggy to be assistant secretary of defense for mission capabilities.| DefenseScoop
DefenseScoop asked former defense officials and national security experts to share their analyses of President Trump's executive order on "Unleashing American Drone Dominance."| DefenseScoop
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The Army released a solicitation Tuesday for so-called Launched Effects systems amid a broader push by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to pressure the U.S. military services to quickly ramp up their arsenal of autonomous drones.| DefenseScoop
Stemming from support for the Project Flytrap exercise, the Army's C5ISR Center has a plan for how to scale low-cost and attritable drones.| DefenseScoop
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth issued a directive late last week ordering the Pentagon's chief information officer to take additional measures to ensure the department's technology is protected from the influence of top adversaries.| DefenseScoop
As a leader of the Trump administration’s new high-priority plan to "unleash American drone dominance," the Pentagon is moving to reduce bureaucratic barriers and speedily expand the quantities and types of U.S.-approved autonomous systems military personnel can access for operations across warfighting domains, senior officials told a small group of reporters at the Pentagon on Wednesday.| DefenseScoop
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth issued a new directive July 10 aimed at shaking up the Pentagon's UAS enterprise and unleashing U.S. military drone dominance.| DefenseScoop
Additional operational details about the use of MOP weapons against Iranian nuclear sites during Operation Midnight Hammer were provided Thursday during a press briefing by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.| DefenseScoop
The DOD is in the realm of reaching the topline goal of downsizing its civilian workforce by 5-8% via the Deferred Resignation Program (DRP) and other means.| 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
DHA is granting voluntary buyouts to certain employees on a job-by-job basis, a defense official confirmed.| DefenseScoop
DOGE will continue to move fast and influence major bureaucratic reforms in the months to come, according to Pentagon Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson.| DefenseScoop
Anthony Tata, President Donald Trump’s controversial nominee to be undersecretary if defense for personnel and readiness, was confirmed by the Senate.| DefenseScoop
The DOD CIO is considering reducing the number of Pentagon employees who have Microsoft 365 E5 licenses, as the office works with the Department of Government Efficiency to rein in federal spending.| DefenseScoop
Speaking Monday at the AI Expo hosted by the Special Competitive Studies Project, Navy Secretary John Phelan told attendees that he's looking forward to seeing what the DOGE team comes up with next.| DefenseScoop
Billionaire tech titan Elon Musk’s time as a “special government employee” is coming to an end, but Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth issued a new memo this week empowering the DOGE team at the Pentagon to provide more input on contracting.| DefenseScoop
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has issued a new memo aimed at limiting the Defense Department’s hiring of IT consultants.| DefenseScoop
Pentagon leadership will no longer require civilian employees to submit five-bullet point emails spotlighting their previous week’s accomplishment. However, workers are being tasked to submit another round of ideas for eliminating waste and inefficiencies in an online survey.| DefenseScoop