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Trump administration announces ‘War Force’ effort

The Pentagon seeks experts in designing, building, integrating and maintaining capabilities like frontier AI, machine learning, automation and data systems.

By Jon Harper

The Army Uncrewed Aircraft Systems Project Management Office, in collaboration with the U.S. Special Operations Command, executed a successful flight demonstration involving the first launch of the Air-Launched, Tube-Integrated Unmanned System (Altius) 700 air vehicle on Dec. 3, 2023, at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. (Army photo by Daniel Henke)

SOCOM interested in developing long-range kamikaze drones

Weapons

By Mikayla Easley

Autonomous ground vehicles (Image courtesy of Overland AI)

Overland AI lands Pentagon contract to produce autonomous ground vehicles for Marine Corps

AI

By Jon Harper

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Transcom seeks partners to study autonomous, cargo-moving drone boats for future ops

By Brandi Vincent
III MEF integrates MRIC surface-to-air defense system during Pacific exercise

By Drew F. Lawrence
Hiding in the spectrum: Inside the Army’s race to make the command post disappear

By Drew F. Lawrence
Army establishes new branch dedicated to space operations

By Mikayla Easley
Uncertain quantum future presents ‘existential threat’ to US military missions, DOD warns

By Brandi Vincent

Popular Stories

Spc. Byron Clutier, assigned to 3rd Mobile Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), operates a Hunter Wolf Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) during a training exercise at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, Louisiana, April 13, 2026. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Mariam Diallo)

101st Airborne unit put ‘steel’ between soldiers and the breach, tested limits of AI in recent exercise

“The focus of the training has got to be on the fundamentals of warfighting,” said Col. Ryan Bell. Technology “has to enable them, and they still have…

By Drew F. Lawrence

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)

Trump’s budget supplemental would secure billions for munitions, emerging defense tech

Along with replenishing munitions stockpiles, the supplemental request supports two key Space Force programs, drones, cybersecurity and autonomy.

By Mikayla Easley

The Boeing Company signage is displayed above the company’s booth at Special Operations Forces (SOF) Week at the Tampa Convention Center on May 19, 2026 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Luke Sharrett/Getty Images)

Boeing awarded $2B deal to build next-gen comms sats for Space Force

Boeing beat out Lockheed Martin for the MUOS Service Life Extension program, which will keep the constellation operational through the mid-2030s.

By Mikayla Easley

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Pentagon taps Casepoint’s AI products to enhance classified legal ops

The software-as-a-service company’s CEO shared details about the platform’s capabilities ahead of the announcement.

By Brandi Vincent

Army will ‘open up’ ranges for defense vendors to speed up testing, with some sites mimicking Ukrainian frontlines

By Drew F. Lawrence

Space Force sets another record with rapid launch of Victus Haze mission

By Mikayla Easley

Watchdog review sheds new light on DOGE’s downsizing impacts at DOD

By Brandi Vincent

Marine Corps mandates use of new digital app for SITREPs

By Jon Harper

Army taps Anduril as lead for NGC2 common data layer baseline as service sets ‘groundwork for rapid scaling’

By Drew F. Lawrence

Insights

IT experts from Defense Intelligence Agency and GDIT discuss AI modernization — Defense Intelligence Agency CIO E.P. Mathew (right), speaking with GDIT SVP Aaron Bedrowski, discusses DIA’s shift to policy-driven, data-centric computing environments, during GDIT’s ‘Battlespace of the Future’ summit. (Scoop News Group photo)

How the Defense Intelligence Agency is fast-tracking data and AI modernization

By Scoop News Group

Panelists at a defense conference. — Defense security leaders discuss the growing convergence of cyber and kinetic assets at GDIT’s ‘Battlespace of the Future’ summit. Panelists include, from left: Scoop News Group’s Billy Mitchell, U.S. Space Force’s Charlene Laughlin, U.S. Army’s Brandon Pugh, DOW’s Katherine Sutton and GDIT’s John Sahlin. (Scoop News Group photo)

The defense sector confronts the growing convergence of cyber and kinetic domains

By Scoop News Group

Image of executives speaking on stage at an event. — Defense leaders discuss changing role of data management at GDIT’s ‘Battlespace of the Future’ summit. Panelists include, from left: Scoop News Group SVP Billy Mitchell, DOW Assistant Secretary Joseph Jewell, Army Lt. Gen. Jeth Rey, and GDIT President Amy Gilliland. (Photo by Scoop News Group)

In the Battlespace of the Future, Data is the Decisive Munition

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Zero trust, zero guesswork: Securing the defense workforce platform

By Amanda Day

Videos

Navy Capt. JJ Murawski on scaling autonomous systems for the fleet

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DOW’s Robert Mantz talks autonomous delivery and logistics resilience

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Army Lt. Col. William Taylor on building trust in autonomous systems

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Marine Corps Col. Jeremie “Hank” Hester on turning drone data into real-time insight

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Podcasts

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

Mikey Dickerson: Crisis Engineering

By Billy Mitchell

Brandon Pugh: The Army’s Cyber and Kinetic Missions are Converging

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

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A Hunter Wolf unmanned ground vehicle assigned to the 101st Airborne Division holds an overwatch position with a mounted remote operated .50-caliber machine gun during a combat simulation exercise at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, Louisiana, April 13, 2026. (U.S. Army photo by Master Sgt. Anthony Hewitt)

Army looking toward autonomous robots to recover its downed vehicles from combat zones

Soldiers assigned to 7th Infantry Division (Multi-Domain Command – Pacific) conduct a battery salute during a redesignation ceremony on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., on June 18, 2026. (Army photo)

Army activates new command focused on maneuverable, multidomain Pacific operations

Gen. Randall Reed works alongside Transcom personnel at MCLB-Barstow. DefenseScoop photo: Brandi Vincent

Behind the scenes of Transcom leaders’ recent trip to key western US logistics hubs

Aerial view of the Pentagon building in Arlington, Va., on Wednesday, October 22, 2025. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Defense contractor settles cybersecurity False Claims Act allegations

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Air Force picks Anduril, General Atomics to build first operational CCA drones

Lt. Col. Jeffrey Carben, the commanding officer of Marine Unmanned Maintenance Squadron (MUMS) 14, Marine Aircraft Group 14, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, gives his remarks during the MUMS-14 activation ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, June 16, 2026. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Keani Guthmueller)

Marine Corps activates first unmanned maintenance squadron to repair its own MQ-9A Reaper drones

Abraham (Avi) Loeb is the Frank B. Baird, Jr., Professor of Science at Harvard University. (Photo by: Lotem Loeb, May 22, 2026; shared by Avi Loeb.)

New science advisory council forms to help US government ‘resolve the UAP mystery’

Labeled thermal-infrared (IR) full motion video from Ukraine. Photo By Enabled Intellegence

Data from ‘half a million hours of Ukraine conflict drone footage’ now available to train AI

Firefly Aerospace successfully launches U.S. Space Force VICTUS NOX Responsive Space Mission with 24-hours notice. (Firefly Aerospace photo)

DARPA exploring tech for tactically responsive space operations

U.S. Air Force maintainters assigned to the 1st Special Operations Wing conduct preflight procedures on an AC-130J Ghostrider at Hurlburt Field, Florida, Dec. 8, 2025. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tori Haudenschild)

Policy hurdles, disconnect with Pentagon office lead to ‘mixed success’ for major SOCOM programs, watchdog says

Sen. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., attends a news conference after the Senate luncheons in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, November 19, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Senator questions Pentagon’s plan to revise autonomous weapons policy

Six defense companies built a “hunter-killer” drone team during the Army’s Operation Jailbreak. One senses the target and the other shoots it down, moving in tandem. The “killer” robot is shown here. (Photo courtesy of AZAK)

Two days, one drone killer: How defense companies built a wheeled counter-UAS robot at the Army’s Operation Jailbreak

Marines with Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command pose for photos in cyber operations room at Lasswell Hall aboard Fort Meade, Maryland, Feb. 5, 2020. (Photo illustration source: DVIDS)

SASC proposes reorganization of Pentagon’s IT, cyber leadership

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