The new IBM Defense Model combines advanced AI with domain-specific data from Janes to help improve users’ decision-making. The post A first look at IBM’s new large language model that’s fine-tuned for defense applications appeared first on DefenseScoop.| DefenseScoop
If confirmed, James Caggy would serve as the assistant secretary of defense for mission capabilities. The post Nominee for key Pentagon R&E post vows to accelerate prototyping, experimentation appeared first on DefenseScoop.| DefenseScoop
How technology advances, AI and data fabrics are bridging critical gaps in information sharing and accelerating the promise of near real-time, actionable intelligence. The post From data silos to strategic insights: The interoperability imperative for defense analytics appeared first on DefenseScoop.| DefenseScoop
The workshop was slated to take place Nov. 17-21 at Quantico and bring together Marines, civilians and industry. The post Marine Corps postpones generative AI workshop due to lapse in appropriations appeared first on DefenseScoop.| DefenseScoop
“We’re trying to build models that are just as capable as the [large language models] to generate new designs to predict the physical world," said Juan Alonso, Luminary Cloud's chief technology officer. The post Northrop Grumman inks deal with tech startup for accelerated, AI-enabled spacecraft design appeared first on DefenseScoop.| DefenseScoop
Although the Coast Guard falls under DHS, it is considered a U.S. military service and part of the joint force. The post Trump nominates cyber expert for Coast Guard commandant appeared first on DefenseScoop.| DefenseScoop
Brent Ingraham, the Army’s top acquisition official, said he expects to see further growth in funding for the FUZE initiative. The post Army acquisition chief anticipates funding boost for FUZE program appeared first on DefenseScoop.| DefenseScoop
The Marine Corps commandant's 24-page plan was released Thursday. The post Marines’ Force Design plan urges modernization to tackle ‘the changing character of war’ appeared first on DefenseScoop.| DefenseScoop
The agency is interested in industry's offerings for AI tools, streamlined database systems and other emerging data management capabilities. The post DISA planning 2026 industry day focused on AI tools appeared first on DefenseScoop.| DefenseScoop
House lawmakers recently passed an amendment en bloc in their version of the fiscal 2026 NDAA that would mandate the secretary of defense to set up such trainings. The post As China advances, Congress wants DOD to get up to speed on biotechnology appeared first on DefenseScoop.| DefenseScoop
The company expects to conduct first vertical-take-off-and-landing (VTOL) flight tests of X-BAT sometime next year. The post Shield AI reveals VTOL autonomous fighter jet dubbed X-BAT appeared first on DefenseScoop.| DefenseScoop
Gen. Thomas Bussiere is still slated to retire from the Air Force, despite an erroneous notice posted on Congress.gov indicating that he had been renominated for vice chief of staff of the Air Force. The post UPDATED: Gen. Bussiere still set to retire from Air Force appeared first on DefenseScoop.| DefenseScoop
The president nominated Lt. Gen. Christopher LaNeve, who currently serves as an advisor to Secretary Pete Hegseth, to the post. The post Trump submits nomination to replace Mingus as Army Vice Chief of Staff appeared first on DefenseScoop.| DefenseScoop
The bipartisan bill from Reps. Joe Wilson and Steve Cohen comes amid reports of Russian drones and jets reportedly violating countries' airspace. The post Looking to deter Russia, lawmakers seek to prioritize defense cooperation on NATO’s eastern flank appeared first on DefenseScoop.| DefenseScoop
They unveiled a new plan to invest in a wide range of materials that are essential for existing and emerging defense assets. The post Trump officially endorses AUKUS at White House meeting with Australian prime minister appeared first on DefenseScoop.| DefenseScoop
“As we go forward, we’re watching closely in our experimentation to develop a full requirement [and] potentially deliver a capability over the next couple of years," said Brig. Gen. Cain Baker. The post The Army wants its own fleet of loyal wingman drones appeared first on DefenseScoop.| DefenseScoop
U.S. Soldiers assigned to Hound Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, conduct a demonstration for the local media with the Skydio X2D Drone during exercise Combined Resolve (CbR) 25-1 at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center, Hohenfels Training Area, Hohenfels, Germany, Feb. 3, 2025. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Thomas Dixon) | DefenseScoop
Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach, President Trump’s nominee for Air Force chief of staff, told senators about the Air Force's cyber challenges.| DefenseScoop
DefenseScoop is the premier community-driven news source dedicated to the U.S. military’s acquisition, development and use of technology as a force for modern defense.| DefenseScoop
Inside Transcom’s Global Operations Center (GOC). (Photo courtesy of U.S. Transportation Command) | DefenseScoop
Inside Transcom’s Global Operations Center (GOC). (Photo courtesy of U.S. Transportation Command) | DefenseScoop
Airmen practice patient movement and transport procedures onto an ambulance during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 2024 at Travis Air Force Base, California, June 20, 2024. Ultimate Caduceus is an annual patient movement training event designed to test the capabilities of and provide field training to aeromedical evacuation and critical care air transport teams, medical staging systems, and interagency partners involved in the reception and onward movement functions for global patient movement. (D...| DefenseScoop
Airmen practice patient movement and transport procedures onto an ambulance during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 2024 at Travis Air Force Base, California, June 20, 2024. Ultimate Caduceus is an annual patient movement training event designed to test the capabilities of and provide field training to aeromedical evacuation and critical care air transport teams, medical staging systems, and interagency partners involved in the reception and onward movement functions for global patient movement. (D...| DefenseScoop
Soldiers assigned to Assault Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, head out on a patrol during a field training exercise, demonstrating Next Generation Command and Control AN/PRC-166 radio technology on Fort Carson, Colorado, September 18, 2025. The NGC2 ecosystem integrated software applications, infrastructure, data, and transport into a unified operational architecture, providing commanders with real-time information to make ...| DefenseScoop
Service members and civilian partners operate from a tactical command post during Exercise Arcane Thunder 25 at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, May 28, 2025. The environment supports real-time coordination, cyber integration, and multi-domain operations to enhance mission readiness and interoperability. (U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Rajheem Dixon, 2nd Multi-Domain Task Force) | DefenseScoop
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
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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
