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U.S. Space Force Guardians assigned to Space Delta 5 monitor computer workstations Dec. 18, 2025, at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. (Photo by David Dozoretz)

Space Force creates office to accelerate innovative tech acquisition

“It will be empowered just as the PAEs, it will be a peer to the PAEs and it will be 100% focused on that valley of death,”…

By Mikayla Easley

A U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress aircraft assigned to the 2nd Bomb Wing departs from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, June 25, 2026. Members assigned to both the 20th and 96th Bomb Squadrons performed a flyover in Washington, D.C. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Preston Crawford)

Air Force moves key B-52 engine and radar upgrades forward

Tech

By Mikayla Easley

The Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) fired from a U.S. Army M270A2 and HIMARS at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. (Official U.S. Army photo by Christopher Bohn)

Army inks $1.2B contract with Lockheed for Precision Strike Missile that can hit ships and other moving targets

Weapons

By Drew F. Lawrence

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SDA hopes to keep certain decision-making authorities as Congress weighs its future

By Brandi Vincent
USAFE boss shares ‘vignettes’ for CCA drone employment in Europe

By Jon Harper
Pentagon sets procedures for AI-assisted software development

By Jon Harper
Air Force plans to field 500 CCA drones by 2032

By Mikayla Easley
Pentagon offers new ‘targeted legal relief’ for UAP whistleblowers supporting Trump’s PURSUE work

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AGM-190A (Leidos image)

AFSOC gunship launches new Havoc Spear cruise missiles at targets in Africa during combat operations

The system was pursued via a U.S. Special Operations Command CRADA with Leidos.

By Jon Harper

Troy Meink appears before the Senate Armed Services Committee for his nomination to be secretary of the Air Force in Washington, D.C., March 27, 2025. (DoD photo by EJ Hersom)

Meink: Space Force has deployed space control weapons to orbit

The announcement is the first time a Pentagon official has confirmed the existence of U.S. space-based weapons.

By Mikayla Easley

Services members assigned to the GenAI.mil task force, Department of Defense (DOD) Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO), deliver training on building AI agents to Sailors assigned to U.S. Pacific Fleet on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, July 23, 2026. (U.S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Christopher Sypert)

DOD poised to move all classified AI workloads off Anthropic by October

U.S. officials shared new details about the fast-tracked migration and early enterprise deployments of military-tuned frontier AI models.

By Brandi Vincent

Sgt. Michael Smith, a multichannel transmission systems operator from the 58th Signal Company, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), fires at targets at the M4 qualification during the second day of the 2017 Forces Command Best Warrior Competition at Fort Bragg, N.C. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Hubert D. Delany III / 22nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)

Army awards $196M for sensors in first production contracts under EW-focused call for solutions

The contracts stem from the Army’s Rapid Electromagnetic Warfare and Signals Intelligence (REWSI) call for solutions, which was announced in April.

By Drew F. Lawrence

DIU moves to prototype new contract model that will fast-track security clearances for startups

By Brandi Vincent

Decades of delayed maintenance has left Pentagon networks in ‘potential peril’ for the AI age, cyber defense commander says: ‘no more.’

By Drew F. Lawrence

After Army commits to Joint Laser Weapon System program by 2028, Pentagon critical tech official presses other services to do the same

By Drew F. Lawrence

Gen. Caine urges industry to lean more into ‘shared risk’ when delivering tech for U.S. military

By Brandi Vincent

Covenant unveils ‘deep precision strike’ missile it plans to build by the thousands

By Drew F. Lawrence

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Participants discuss how emerging tech can drive breakthroughs in lethality at GDIT’s ‘Battlespace of the Future’ summit. Panelists include, from left: DefenseScoop Editor-in-Chief Jon Harper, General Dynamics Ordnance & Tactical Systems’ Chris Haynes, Army Lt. Col. William Taylor, Army’s Bhavanjot Singh, Marine Corps Col. Matthew Ritchie, and Rep. Patrick Harrigan (NC-10). (Scoop News Group photo)

How adaptive weapons and trusted autonomy are reshaping the future of fires

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From job descriptions to skills intelligence

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How defense organizations can close zero trust’s file security gap

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Participants discuss the need to prioritize the development of operating systems that more easily integrate with common command-and-control networks at GDIT’s ‘Battlespace of the Future’ summit. Panelists include, from left: Scoop News Group’s Billy Mitchell, Army Brig. Gen. Anthony Gibbs, Marine Corps Col. Jeremy “Hank” Hester, Navy Capt. JJ Murawski, and General Dynamics Land Systems’ Bill Tecos. (Scoop News Group photo)

Defense industry shifts procurement model to speed drone deployment

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Security involves more than checking boxes; it’s about accelerating defense innovation

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GDIT’s Erik Pittman talks speed and security in high-risk battlespaces

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GDIT’s Matt Hayden on acquiring mission-critical tech at greater speed

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Podcasts

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The Pentagon Office Building is seen from the air on August 25, 2026, in Arlington, VA. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images)

Pentagon partners with venture studio to pilot shared savings contract model via $100M OTA

Sailors assigned to Unmanned Undersea Vehicle Group (UUVGRU) 1 and Undersea Vehicle Squadron (UUVRON) 3 conduct training with the Navy’s newest Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (LUUV), the Anduril Dive-LD, in Keyport, Washington, Dec. 11, 2024. (U.S. Navy photo by Loren Nichols)

U.S. military’s Anduril Dive-LD drone was ‘dead in the water’ before Iran nabbed it

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DIU, Honeywell Aerospace flight-test quantum sensing technology for aircraft navigation

YAGONG REEF, CRESCENT GROUP, PARACEL ISLANDS, SOUTH CHINA SEA — AUGUST 17, 2026 — Vantor satellite image shows new buildings and construction activity on Yagong Reef in the Paracel Islands. (Satellite image (c) 2026 Vantor. / Getty Images)

U.S. Navy, Quad partners move to ‘fingerprint’ dark fleets in the Pacific with Vantor’s AI

Aerosonde Mk. 4.7 VTOL UAS (Image courtesy of Textron Systems)

Textron wins Navy task orders for drone ISR services to support 7th Fleet, other forces

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 147th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron perform postflight checks on an MQ-9 Reaper drone assigned to the 147th Attack Wing, Texas Air National Guard, at Keflavík Air Base, Iceland, during exercise Northern Viking 26, Aug. 21, 2026. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Edgar Grimaldo)

Air Force moves to accelerate effort to replace MQ-9 Reaper after combat losses in Iran war

U.S. Marines with Marine Aircraft Group 12 set up c-wire for a temporary sensitive compartmented information facility at Gwangju Air Base, Republic of Korea, during the Fiscal Year 2023 Korea Flying Training, April 19, 2023. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Tyler Harmon)

Pentagon kicks off pursuit of mobile SCIFs to aid defense companies

A U.S. Army drone observes a training unit in the woods during exercise Saber Junction 26 at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center’s Hohenfels Training Area, Germany, Aug. 29, 2026. (U.S. Army photo by 1st Lt. Brandon Miles)

Lawmakers with ‘deep concerns’ press Army leadership about decision to terminate unit’s Ukraine-informed drone mission

A UFO variety was photographed when it hovered for fifteen minutes near Holloman Air Development Center in New Mexico. The object was photographed by a government employee and was released by the Aerial Phenomena Research Organization after careful study. (Credit: Bettmann via Getty Images)

Pentagon seeks access to vast private UFO records collection

AeroVironment’s LOCUST high-energy laser (Photo courtesy of AeroVironment)

Army awards AeroVironment nearly $500M contract for laser weapons

Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks alongside Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Virginia Hung Cao at the Truong Tien Restaurant in the Eden Center on August 26, 2024 in Falls Church, Virginia. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Trump announces nomination of Hung Cao as SECNAV

The Tactical Intelligence Targeting Access Node (TITAN) is what the Army considers its next-generation, Artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled, expeditionary, maneuverable intelligence ground station. (Army photo).

Army’s TITAN platform moving into production phase with $192M delivery award for Palantir, Anduril

Smoke rises after Iran carried out a missile strike on the main headquarters of the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet in Manama in retaliation against US-Israeli attacks, in Bahrain February 28, 2026. (Photo by Stringer/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Memo outlines new policies for military families affected by war-triggered evacuation from Bahrain

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