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SCO Director Jay Dryer. (DOD photo)

Director of Pentagon’s secretive Strategic Capabilities Office lays out focus areas

The SCO has three portfolios and eight focus areas, according to Director Jay Dryer.

By Jon Harper

U.S. Marines compete in wargaming during Modern Day Marine 2026 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C., April 30, 2026. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Matthew A. McDonnell)

The future of war arrived. We aren’t ready.

Op-Ed

By Rear Adm. (Ret.) Lorin Selby

Lt. Gen. Heath Collins, director of the Missile Defense Agency prepares before the House Armed Services Subcommittee FY27 missile defense and missile defeat programs and activities hearing in the Rayburn House office Building on April 15, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Luke Johnson/Getty Images)

Missile Defense Agency looks to demo hypersonic weapon interceptor in 2027

Weapons

By Mikayla Easley

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New S&T chief supplies update on DOD’s pilot program for free tech patent licenses

By Brandi Vincent
Marines ‘wrestling’ with tough questions over sensors, robotics for Corps’ revamped reconnaissance training

By Drew F. Lawrence
Pentagon counter-drone task force announces pilot program to get directed energy systems to 5 installations

By Drew F. Lawrence
Pentagon OIG partners with Justice Department’s new government fraud-hunting team

By Brandi Vincent
DOD planning to address compute ‘bottleneck’ that could hinder AI proliferation

By Jon Harper

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Amid concerns sparked by Mythos, the Pentagon’s cyber policy chief sees ‘huge opportunity’ with frontier AI models

Defense officials discussed frontier models at the AI+ Expo.

By Jon Harper

DARPA’s XRQ-73 SHEPARD hybrid-electric experimental aircraft takes off at Edwards Air Force Base, California. (Source: Northrop Grumman)

DARPA begins flying experimental hybrid-electric ISR drone

Developed by Northrop Grumman, the XRQ-73 features extra-quiet propulsion technology that reduces the drone's acoustic signature.

By Mikayla Easley

CDAO War Data Platform Program Director Elizabeth “Liz” Chirico speaks on a panel at the UiPath Fusion conference, presented by FedScoop, May 5, 2026. (Photo by Sergey Kolupaev/EPNAC)

A first look at CDAO’s new ‘Wingman’ work to enable custom, AI digital assistants across DOD

An official involved said the goal isn’t to replace humans with AI, but to free up their time for critical thinking and higher-value work.

By Brandi Vincent

Soldiers assigned to Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 66th Armored Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, establish a fighting position during Ivy Sting 5 on Fort Carson, Colorado, March 11, 2026. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Kristen Cruz)

‘Expose your interfaces’: Army pushes industry to open up software for ‘hackathon’

“We are setting conditions to where being open is industry’s ticket to participate,” said Dr. Alex Miller, chief technology officer for the Army. “If you do not…

By Drew F. Lawrence

Pentagon eyes 3-year cyber training requirement, overriding new Army policy

By Drew F. Lawrence

Leonel Garciga exits role as Army CIO

By Drew F. Lawrence

Army’s 82nd Airborne Division supplying AI, C2 network support for Project Freedom

By Brandi Vincent

Pentagon to lean on AI to achieve audit goals

By Jon Harper

U.S. deploying ‘umbrella’ of defense and tech assets to shield ships in the Strait of Hormuz

By Brandi Vincent

Insights

How AI-driven botnets are reshaping cyber defense strategies

By Scoop News Group

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Rapid software delivery is possible inside DoW — Software Factory 2.0 shows how

By Bryon Kroger

How defense agencies can stay mission-ready in the AI era

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How cyber threats are reshaping the defense battlefield in 2026

By Scoop News Group

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Varonis’ AJ Forysiak on aligning data strategy with operational efficiency

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Splunk’s Mick Baccio talks real-time visibility for defense preparedness

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Rubrik’s Travis Rosiek on why rapid recovery matters in cyber defense

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Broadcom’s Mike Krafft on the role of hybrid cloud in defense readiness

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Podcasts

Tyler Sweatt: Accelerating Software Deployment to Keep Pace with Wartime Urgency

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Scott Kupor: What the Government Can Learn from Silicon Valley on Managing Tech Talent

Marc Andersen: The CFO Fueling the Army’s Transformation

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Mike Madsen: Institutionalizing defense innovation — from inside and out

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Army awards deal to AV for new Switchblade 400 kamikaze drone to support LASSO program

Hung Cao, Acting Secretary of the Navy, delivers his remarks during the commissioning ceremony for USS Idaho (SSN 799) at Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Conn. on April 25, 2026. (U.S. Navy photo by John Narewski)

Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao’s early I&S shakeup sparks questions, concerns

GenAI.mil Excite Day featured: Representatives from Google and the GenAI.mil team to meet and greet, answer questions, and share what’s coming. // Three stations set up with computers/monitors: (1) Real-time demos with Google, (2) GenAI.mil Getting Started videos and web interactive, (3) Training opportunities and pre-registration for a specialty Agent Designer course. // Visits from USD(R&E) Honorable Emil Michael and CDAO Mr. Cameron Stanley. (DOD Photo by Photo by Jeffrey Herbert)

DOD expands its classified AI work with 8 companies — excluding Anthropic — amid ongoing dispute

U.S. Space Force Lt. Gen. Douglas A. Schiess, U.S. Space Forces – Space commander and Combined Joint Force Space Component Commander, takes part in a panel discussion at the Air, Space and Cyber Conference at National Harbor, Md. Sept. 23, 2025. (U.S. Air Force photo by Andy Morataya)

Lt. Gen. Doug Schiess nominated as next chief of space operations

A U.S. Marine Corps XQ-58A Valkyrie, highly autonomous, low-cost tactical unmanned air vehicle, conducts its second test flight with two U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II aircraft assigned to 33rd Fighter Wing, 96th Test Wing at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Feb. 23, 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. John McRell)

Marine Corps charts path for future aviation ops led by drones

A VBAT unmanned aerial system takes off from the flight deck of San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland (LPD 27) during counter-small UAS training in the Pacific Ocean, April 4, 2026. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Luke Rodriguez)

Military leaders want a more integrated, joint approach to drone dominance

Improved but incomplete: GenAI.mil and the last-mile problem

Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Emil Michael and Director, Department of Defense, Administrator Kelly Loeffler (Small Business Administration) attend a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency event at DARPA Headquarters, Arlington, Va., April 29, 2026. (DoW photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Milton Hamilton)

‘America’s seed fund’ is being revamped for modern warfare

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth arrives to testify before the House Armed Services Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on April 29, 2026 in Washington, DC. Hegseth testified on the Department of Defense Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Request. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Hegseth: Autonomous warfare sub-unified command coming soon

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NGA taking cautious approach to AI adoption in human resources

Hung Cao, then-undersecretary of the Navy, meets with Capt. John Frye, commanding officer, U.S. Naval Base Guam, Feb. 23, 2026. (U.S. Navy photo by Rey Rabara)

UAS is ‘the new’ IED: Hung Cao urges industry to innovate faster against modern drone threats

Sailors assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) participates in manning the rails as the ship prepares to arrive in Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Sept. 8, 2025. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Amy Mullins)

Navy looking to expand AI-enabled pilot for talent management

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Richard Tofte, a rifleman with 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, observes impacts during a live fire platoon attack on range 410 Alpha as part of Service Level Training Exercise 2-26 on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, April 9, 2026. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Dominic Trujillo)

Marine division to get first-of-its-kind counter-drone training as officials signal ‘significant concern’ over defeating UAS

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