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Anduril expanding into laptop manufacturing in partnership with Qualcomm

The companies plan to market the tech to government and military customers, among other potential buyers.

By Jon Harper

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine prepares for a training mission in an F-16 Fighting Falcon at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Sep. 28, 2026. During his visit, Caine, a 16th Weapons Squadron graduate, recognized the squadron’s influence in building combat readiness and training elite tactical instructors to lead joint air operations against peer adversaries. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Heather Amador Paulino)

Gen. Caine urges defense logistics leaders to be ‘creative and entrepreneurial’ ahead of future fights

Tech

By Brandi Vincent

Gabe Chiulli, acting Army chief information officer, answers questions about Project Gatekeeper during a media roundtable at the Association of the United States Army Annual Meeting and Exposition in Washington, D.C., Oct. 13, 2026. Chiulli provided details about the initiative and its role in advancing the Army’s information technology capabilities. (U.S. Army photo by Jason Amadi)

As Project Gatekeeper goes live, Army plans integration with frontier AI models

AI

By Billy Mitchell

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Pentagon issues guidance on AI procurements to support Trump’s ‘truth-seeking’ and ‘ideological neutrality’ directives

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Smack Technologies lands new deal for AI prototype to enhance joint military campaigning

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SOCOM seeks common PaaS environment to support testing and fielding of new tech

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Hegseth warns troops against using military information for gambling, prediction market bets

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Marine Corps moves to expand Maven Smart System account access across its enterprise

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A 390A graduate dons their new Special Forces regimental distinctive insignia following the Activation and Induction ceremony at the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School, the Special Operations Center of Excellence, at the JFK Auditorium on Fort Bragg, N.C., Oct. 2, 2026. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Alexis Washburn)

Army Special Forces leaders see promise, high demand for new robotics technician integrator job

Special Forces leaders told DefenseScoop they believed the technicians will bring foundational change, but recognized high demand for the new role as the service charts the program’s…

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Former U.S. officials urge D.C. Circuit to reconsider decision in Anthropic-Pentagon fight

In a new legal brief, they warned that the high-stakes ruling will “threaten all defense contractors.”

By Brandi Vincent

U.S. Airmen assigned to the Collaborative Combat Aircraft Experimental Operations Unit inspect a YFQ-44A Fury aircraft at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, July 20, 2026. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Renee Blundon)

Air Force starting to game out sustainment framework for CCA drones

Once the AI-enabled uncrewed systems are fielded, the Air Force will need its maintenance enterprise to help keep them flying and ready for combat.

By Jon Harper

U.S. Army Soldiers performing preventive maintenance checks and services using Army Communications-Electronics Command’s AI-Assisted Maintenance system. (U.S. Army photo by Sean Kief)

Army pilots AI-backed maintenance program to digitize manuals, streamline repairs

Army officials said soldiers can query AIAM for repair references, document maintenance issues for their supervisors to vet, connect with civilian logistics assistance representatives for help and…

By Drew F. Lawrence

Space Force aims to beef up guardian presence for Centcom and other combatant commands

By Jon Harper

Navy expands contract ceiling for AI-enabled repair robots

By Brandi Vincent

HDUSA wants to replicate South Korea’s ‘war footing’ industrial capacity in America

By Brandi Vincent

Pentagon threatens universities that have ties to ‘foreign entities of concern,’ hints at additional audits

By Jon Harper

Pentagon CIO gets new strategic technical advisor

By Jon Harper

Insights

Accelerate defense missions with secure, pre-hardened containers

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How embedded agents are accelerating defense AI adoption

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How to build observability for the agentic AI era

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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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Videos

IonQ’s Craig Miller on securing against quantum threats

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Seekr’s Rob Clark on building trust in autonomous systems

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Wind RiverX’s Ed Siu on scaling defense technology securely

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Scale AI’s Zane Teeters on AI orchestration for defense

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Podcasts

Brandi Vincent: Behind-the-byline of one of the Pentagon’s top tech reporters

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Rob Lehman: Reflections on the Saronic-Powered Rescue Mission in the Strait of Hormuz

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Lt. Gen. Jeth Rey: From the US Virgin Islands to Leading the Army’s Data-Centric Battlefield Transformation

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U.S. service members and Kuwaiti Land Forces participate in the game operation cyber justice, an event of the Best Cyber Warrior Challenge at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, May 15, 2019. (Army Reserve photo by Sgt. Christopher Lindborg)

Pentagon averts cyber pay cuts — for now — with one-year C-MIP ‘transition plan’

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Military service members to square off against AI in ‘Mindgame’ tournament

U.S. Army Spc. Daniel Austin, with the 173rd Airborne Mobile Brigade Combat Team, patrols through a field as part of a situational training exercise. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Sgt. Addison Shinn)

Army playing ‘ACEs’ to meet commanders’ capability needs

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Steven Walker and Sgt. Siegfred Velarde, 1st Space Brigade, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command, plot points before a land navigation event during the USASMDC Best Squad Competition at Fort Bliss, Texas, July 29, 2026. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Lamar Green)

Army looking to expand its new space operations branch amid increasing demand for capabilities

Vantor satellite image shows the Pentagon military headquarters and surrounding infrastructure in Arlington, Virginia. (Getty Images / Satellite image (c) 2026 Vantor)

U.S. military debuts new Task Force Easy to enable drone tech ‘adaptation dominance’

U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Kyle A. Frakes, assigned to 4th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, operates the ADIP software platform during a division reconnaissance and security experiment as part of Project Convergence Capstone 6 at Fort Irwin, California, July 21, 2026. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Ger’vonni Straun)

Army to launch Project Gatekeeper, an effort to make it easier for vendors to onboard software

Soldier services components of the NGC2 infrastructure layer during the Project Convergence-Capstone 6 (PC-C6). (Photo by COURTNEY HARRIS)

As Army I Corps gets parts of NGC2 ecosystem, ‘tyranny of distance and disruption’ in the Pacific are top of mind for commander

A U.S. Army unmanned, eight-wheeled, all-electric, all-terrain transport vehicles armed with the R600 autonomous weapon system provides support to dismounted Soldiers in an urban environment as part of a human integration experiment at Fort Irwin, Calif., March 17, 2024. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Samarion Hicks)

Three-star will head Army’s new autonomy command, which will initially focus on corps-level systems

A U.S. Army soldier assigned to 6th Battalion, 35th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, performs set-up tasks on an air defense system as part of Exercise Dragon Flag on Kunsan Air base, August 18, 2026. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Spc. Samantha Mussatti)

American Army forces in South Korea adapting to new drone threats

Lt. Gen. Chris Eubank, Commanding General, United States Army Cyber Command, speaks at the Warriors Corner #3 during the 2026 Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Annual Meeting and Exposition at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., Oct. 12, 2026. (U.S. Army photo by Rey Ramon)

ARCYBER expanding use of AI agents for network operations

A laboratory technician at the Synthetic Biology and Biosurveillance Branch at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases demonstrates the Biodefense Mass Sequencing and Surveillance assay, developed by a team of researchers under the direction of branch chief Lt. Col. Jeffrey Kugelman during the coronavirus pandemic as a way to rapidly test large numbers of Service Members for exposure to COVID-19. BMASS can be used to test for multiple diseases at the same time, extending its potential beyond just COVID-19 surveillance. (DOD photo by: Paul Lagasse)

Army turning to AI in its fight against biological threats

Acting Secretary of the Army Adam Telle speaks during the Opening Ceremony of the 2026 Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Annual Meeting and Exposition at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., Oct. 12, 2026. (U.S. Army photo by Christopher Kaufmann)

Telle says Army will ‘find the weak links’ in the industrial supply chain through ‘manufacturing rodeo’

US President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth salute as a US Army carry team carries the flag-draped transfer case containing the remains of Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton, 30, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, during a dignified transfer solemn event for US service members killed during operations in the Middle East, at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware, on July 22, 2026. Swinton was killed in action on July 19 at at Erbil Air Base in Iraq. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)

Pentagon moving to modify its online portal for reporting U.S. military casualties

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