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U.S. Soldiers, assigned to 1st Platoon, 808th Engineer Company, 109th Engineer Battalion, under Joint Task Force-Southern Border, conduct a foot patrol with a Dronebuster Counter-Small Unmanned Aircraft System along the Rio Grande River near Eagle Pass, Texas, June 14, 2025. (U.S. Army photo by Pvt. Adrianna Douglas)

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Secretary of the Army Daniel Driscoll, Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Randy A. George, Sgt. Maj. of the Army Michael R. Weimer speak with soldiers during a town hall at Fort Drum, New York, Jan. 12, 2026. (Photo By Capt. Kendall Woodard)

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A drone detonates an inflatable tank at Camp Blanding, Florida on Jan. 8, 2026 during a military drone swarm demonstration. (Screenshot from Pentagon video).

U.S. military says it conducted the first kinetic drone swarm on American soil during a recent exercise

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GDIT tapped to deliver zero-trust security solution at nearly 200 Air Force bases

The $120 million task order will enable GDIT to implement zero-trust cybersecurity controls at facilities located across the world.

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An L3Harris T7 Multi-Mission Robotics System inspects a suspicious bag during a peacetime improvised explosive device exercise at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, May 14, 2025. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Trenten Walters)

L3Harris lands EOD disposal robot award for the Navy and Marine Corps

A spokesperson for L3Harris declined to disclose the contract value to DefenseScoop Wednesday. The company said that T7 deliveries to the services will begin this year.

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Katie Arrington delivers a keynote at DefenseTalks in December 2025. (DefenseScoop)

Katie Arrington lands in industry as CIO of quantum company IonQ

Arrington will officially start in the role Jan. 19 and serve on the company’s executive team.

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Navy hopes Golden Fleet battleships will solve capacity limits of destroyers

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An emblem on a rug inside the National Security Agency (NSA) headquarters in Fort Meade, Maryland outside Washington, DC. The NSA is the central producer and manager of signals intelligence for the United States. It operates under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense and reports to the Director of National Intelligence. (Photo by Brooks Kraft LLC/Corbis via Getty Images)

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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)

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U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles and an F-22 Raptor assigned to the 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron participate in exercise Bamboo Eagle 24-3 with 32nd Air Refueling Squadron air crews over the Pacific Ocean, Aug. 9, 2024. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Monica Roybal)

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An XQ-58A Valkyrie flies next to an F-35. (Marine Corps photo)

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U.S. Operators with 10th Special Forces Group, along with special forces from the United Kingdom and Poland, infiltrate from a CH-47 Chinook helicopter and assault toward their objective during a joint training exercise in Colorado Springs, Colorado, June 5, 2025. The U.S., U.K. and Polish forces trained together for three weeks before the final exercise that consisted of teams converging on the objective, capturing or killing a high-value target, and executing sensitive site exploitation. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Rhianna Ballenger)

SOCOM exploring how AI can process biometrics, other data gathered by operators

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US President Donald Trump, alongside (L/R) Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine, speaks to the press following US military actions in Venezuela, at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, on January 3, 2026. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP via Getty Images)

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A passenger plane flies above the Pentagon, as seen from the top of the Washington Monument on January 5, 2026, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP via Getty Images)

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U.S. Marines from the Infantry Officer Course conduct a company attack during training in Twentynine Palms, California, Feb. 20, 2022. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Mitchell Johnson)

Marines start integrating FPV drones into training for new infantry officers

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A civilian guest of U.S. Army Special Operations Command takes cover behind a vehicle with a member of USASOC during a simulated mission on 7 April 2024, at Fort Bragg, NC. (U.S. Army photo by SSG Gavin Lewis)

SOCOM wants new tech to keep its militarized commercial vehicles hidden from data-hungry adversaries

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Fire at Fuerte Tiuna, Venezuela’s largest military complex, is seen from a distance after a series of explosions in Caracas on January 3, 2026. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)

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