Navy moves to buy autonomous maritime drones from Saronic via $392M OTA | DefenseScoop
The Texas-based defense startup will produce multiple batches of autonomous surface vessels for the U.S. Navy by mid-2031.| DefenseScoop
The Air Force's second Decision Advantage Sprint for Human-Machine Teaming wargame focused on testing AI-enabled microservices for "match effectors" tasks. The post AI tools accelerated battle management decisions during latest Air Force DASH wargame appeared first on DefenseScoop.| DefenseScoop
The new task force will be expected to serve as the Defense Department’s lead organization for developing capabilities to defeat small unmanned aerial systems. The post Hegseth orders Army secretary to create new joint interagency counter-drone task force appeared first on DefenseScoop.| DefenseScoop
The move comes after a ProPublica investigation that found a Microsoft program leveraging "digital escorts" to foreign-based tech experts could have exposed the Pentagon's networks to cybersecurity risks. The post Pentagon terminates use of China-based engineers to support cloud systems appeared first on DefenseScoop.| DefenseScoop
Gen. Alexus Grynkewich, Supreme Allied Commander Europe, shared new details about NATO’s near-term digital transformation plans this week. The post How the war in Ukraine is shaping NATO’s approach to future fights appeared first on DefenseScoop.| DefenseScoop
General Atomics recently began flight testing of its prototype, dubbed the YFQ-42A, at an unnamed location in California. The post General Atomics begins flight tests for Air Force CCA drone program appeared first on DefenseScoop.| DefenseScoop
Defense Department CTO Emil Michael is about to make changes to the Pentagon's list of tech priorities. The post Pentagon to trim list of critical technology areas appeared first on DefenseScoop.| DefenseScoop
On a recent tour of Transcom headquarters at Scott Air Force Base, military officials shared new details with DefenseScoop about the support that the organization brought to the mission. The post How Transcom brought elements of tactical surprise and other support to Operation Midnight Hammer appeared first on DefenseScoop.| DefenseScoop
4th Infantry Division will be using the serialized Ivy Sting exercises to incrementally add capabilities to the NGC2 prototype ahead of Project Convergence 6. The post Army using incremental ‘sprints’ to scale Next Gen C2 to division level appeared first on DefenseScoop.| DefenseScoop
Emil Michael, undersecretary of defense for researching and engineering and the Pentagon’s CTO, has taken on the role of acting director of the Silicon Valley-headquartered Defense Innovation Unit in the wake of Doug Beck’s resignation, DefenseScoop has learned. The post Pentagon CTO Emil Michael becomes acting director of DIU appeared first on DefenseScoop.| DefenseScoop
Doug Beck had led the Defense Innovation Unit since May 2023. The post Doug Beck resigns as DIU director appeared first on DefenseScoop.| 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. Marines assigned to Marine Raider Training Center conducts underwater egress training during the Marine Raider Course on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, March 19, 2025. MRC, formally known as the Individual Training Course, is a 9-month long course designed to produce Marine Raiders who can operate across the spectrum of special operations in small teams. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Evan Jones) | DefenseScoop
U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Raider Training Center conducts underwater egress training during the Marine Raider Course on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, March 19, 2025. MRC, formally known as the Individual Training Course, is a 9-month long course designed to produce Marine Raiders who can operate across the spectrum of special operations in small teams. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Evan Jones) | DefenseScoop
U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Raider Training Center conducts underwater egress training during the Marine Raider Course on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, March 19, 2025. MRC, formally known as the Individual Training Course, is a 9-month long course designed to produce Marine Raiders who can operate across the spectrum of special operations in small teams. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Evan Jones) | 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
The national flags of the United States of America and the United Kingdom. (Source: 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
A M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle with 6th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division engages a target during a Combined Arms Live Fire exercise at Jack Mountain on Fort Cavazos, Texas, Jan. 22, 2025. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Nick LaRocco) | 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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Master Sgt. David Fisk, Sgt. 1st Class Sandra Ibanez and Staff Sgt. Angel Leon discuss capabilities during a rehearsal for Project Convergence – Capstone 5 (PC-C5) at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in April 2025. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Matthew Wantroba) | DefenseScoop
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
A U.S. Air Force Jump-20 unmanned aerial vehicle assigned to the 27th Special Operations Wing flies over a sunset at Melrose Air Force Range, N.M., June 20, 2023. The Jump-20 UAV was used to exercise the single operator, multi-system control model in a simulated deployed environment. (U.S. Air Force photo Senior Airman Alexcia Givens) | 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
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64) defeats a combination of Houthi missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles in the Red Sea, Oct. 19. Carney is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations to help ensure maritime security and stability in the Middle East region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Aaron Lau) | 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
DISA is expected to see a 10 percent cut to its overall staff as a result of the Trump administration’s ongoing efforts to lean out the entire federal workforce.| DefenseScoop
A person holds a telephone displaying the logo of Elon Musk s artificial intelligence grok in front of a background lit by a blue light in Kerlouan in Brittany in France on February 18 2025. (Photo by Vincent Feuray / Hans Lucas / Hans Lucas via AFP) | DefenseScoop
Adm. Daryl Caudle, commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command (USFFC), utilizes the 1MC announcement system from the bridge of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG 87) to address the crew during a ship visit, Aug. 13, 2024. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Nathan T. Beard) | DefenseScoop
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said he's prepared to “take a lot of arrows” when he tries to shake things up.| DefenseScoop
President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, appear during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on February 26, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) | DefenseScoop
York Spacecraft undergoing vibration environmental testing at York Facility. (Photo credit: York Space Systems) | DefenseScoop
(Image credit: Northrop Grumman) | DefenseScoop
York Spacecraft undergoing vibration environmental testing at York Facility. (Photo credit: York Space Systems) | DefenseScoop
York Spacecraft undergoing vibration environmental testing at York Facility. (Photo credit: York Space Systems) | DefenseScoop
Rendering of the Resilient Missile Warning Tracking (MWT) architecture in Medium Earth Orbit (MEO). (Illustration courtesy of BAE Systems) | DefenseScoop
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Marcella Philips, 2nd Maintenance Group weapons standardization loading standardization crew chief, and Tech Sgt. Darrell Stewart, 307th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron loading standardization crew member, secure the Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon to the B-52H Stratofortress ejector rack, at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, November 2, 2022. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Nicole Ledbetter) | DefenseScoop
A medium range ballistic missile target is launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii, as part of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s Flight Test Aegis Weapon System 31 Event 1a (FTM-31 E1a), held on March 30, 2023 in cooperation with the U.S. Navy. (MDA photo) | DefenseScoop
Pete Hegseth briefed a small group of reporters at the Pentagon for the first time as the Defense Secretary on Monday.| DefenseScoop
The Space Development Agency is in the early stages of understanding how the organization can further support IRS missions from space.| DefenseScoop
The organizations aim to demonstrate capabilities on orbit that could be used to detect and track hypersonic weapons and other advanced threats.| DefenseScoop
Overhead view of NGA Campus East (NGA photo) | DefenseScoop
Switchblade 600 drones are among the first set of systems DOD leadership and Congress are evaluating to be rapidly scaled through the ambitious initiative, multiple sources told DefenseScoop this week.| DefenseScoop
U.S. Central Command’s (USCENTCOM) incoming commander, U.S. Navy Adm. Brad Cooper, left, and outgoing USCENTCOM outgoing commander, U.S. Army Gen. Michael Erik Kurilla, right, seated during a change of command ceremony, 8 August 2025. Multiple Department of Defense officials attended the event as well as distinguished defense leaders from partner nations around the world. (U.S. Central Command Public Affairs photo by Tom Gagnier) | DefenseScoop
U.S. Central Command’s (USCENTCOM) incoming commander, U.S. Navy Adm. Brad Cooper, left, and outgoing USCENTCOM outgoing commander, U.S. Army Gen. Michael Erik Kurilla, right, seated during a change of command ceremony, 8 August 2025. Multiple Department of Defense officials attended the event as well as distinguished defense leaders from partner nations around the world. (U.S. Central Command Public Affairs photo by Tom Gagnier) | DefenseScoop
U.S. Central Command’s (USCENTCOM) incoming commander, U.S. Navy Adm. Brad Cooper, left, and outgoing USCENTCOM outgoing commander, U.S. Army Gen. Michael Erik Kurilla, right, seated during a change of command ceremony, 8 August 2025. Multiple Department of Defense officials attended the event as well as distinguished defense leaders from partner nations around the world. (U.S. Central Command Public Affairs photo by Tom Gagnier) | DefenseScoop
U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit stealth bombers dropped a total of 14 GBU-57 “massive ordnance penetrator” bombs on Iranian nuclear sites during Operation Midnight Hammer, according to senior officials.| DefenseScoop
Experts discussed the state of America’s sensing and air defense capabilities, and how global war on terrorism tech needs to be advanced.| DefenseScoop
U.S. Air Force air battle managers participate in the Department of the Air Force’s Advanced Battle Management System Cross-Functional Team first Decision Advantage Sprint for Human-Machine Teaming, or DASH, experiment, recently held at the Howard Hughes Operations, or H2O, Center in Las Vegas, Nev., April 8, 2025. This two-week event brought together operational warfighters and industry and Shadow Operations Center-Nellis software developers to prototype microservices aimed at accelerating...| DefenseScoop
