NETCOM Commanding General Maj. Gen. Jacqueline D. McPhail (right) also participated in “AI, ADOCs, and All Things Cyber” discussion at the annual TechNet Augusta conference. (Army photo)
The point, according to the NETCOM commander, was so that “theaters in crisis can focus on the crisis, and theaters outside of that crisis can focus on…
U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons assigned to the 31st Fighter Wing perform a flyover above Aviano Air Base, Italy, June 1, 2020. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kelsey Tucker)
U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to Patrol and Reconnaissance (VP) 26 prepare to load a Mark 54 lightweight torpedo onto a P-8A Poseidon on Kadena Air Base, Japan, June 5, 2026. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class William Bennett IV)
U.S. Air Force Airmen attach balloons to a drone during at Camp Guernsey Joint Training Center’s North Training Area, Wyoming, May 15, 2026. The balloons served as aerial targets, allowing defenders to simulate engagements against small unmanned aircraft systems. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Michael A. Richmond)
Hung Cao, Acting Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV), speaks to the crew of Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) during an all-hands call on the flight deck, Aug. 7, 2026. SECNAV was recently in San Diego visiting various commands to speak with Sailors and their families, focusing on his top priority, “taking care of our people.” (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Pheona David)
Hung Cao warned sailors, Marines and Navy civilians about a "deliberate effort to gather intelligence, test our defenses, disrupt our operations, and intimidate our force."
U.S. Marines with I Marine Expeditionary Force, prepare a first-person view small unmanned aircraft system during an FPV sUAS live fire demonstration at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 29, 2026. I MEF, in partnership with Defense Innovation Unit, evaluated fiber-optic drones for use in signal-degraded environments. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joshua Bustamante)
The answer is to modernize accountability through an enterprise model that combines a formalized independent assessment, continuous external monitoring, and shared remediation support where small suppliers cannot…
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)
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)
Army Pfc. Eric Searcy, an electronic warfare specialist assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division, searches for electronic signals using a Terrestrial Layered System Manpack (TLS Manpack) during a field training exercise at Fort Stewart, Georgia, April 19, 2026. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Rakeem Carter)
U.S. Army Green Berets assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), survey the terrain during military mountaineering training as part of Exercise Diesel 26 at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, Feb. 24, 2026. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Rhianna Ballenger)
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Mahan (DDG 72), left, and USS Bainbridge (DDG 96) sail in formation as an F/A-18 Super Hornet, assigned to Carrier Air Wing Eight embarked aboard USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), descends on final approach to land on the aircraft carrier, Nov. 13, 2025. (Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Triniti Lersch)
During the first Continuous Operational Learning and Test (COLT) mission at Camp Beauregard, LA, a Soldier from Sioux Company (Multi-Purpose Company), 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, leveraged the Soldier Borne Mission Command Surrogate (SBMC-S) system to communicate with fellow Soldiers. (U.S. Army photo by Zach Montanaro, PEO Soldier Public Affairs)
Members of the Air Force and Ohio Air National Guard look at laptops during field prototype testing evaluation for the Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) Portable Command and Control Enclave (C2E). (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Shane Hughes).
Army Staff Sgt. Kristopher Runyon, assigned to Joint Task Force-Southern Border, aims a Dronebuster Counter-Small Unmanned Aircraft System (C-sUAS) during a patrol along the Rio Grande River near Eagle Pass, Texas, June 14, 2025. (U.S. Army photo by Pvt. Adrianna Douglas)
Double exposure photograph of the Palantir artificial intelligence logo and of a computer binary code at Kerlouan in Brittany in France on May 14 2026. (Photo by Vincent Feuray / Hans Lucas / AFP via Getty Images)
Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS) drones positioned on the tarmac at a base in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. (Photo by CENTCOM Public Affairs).
Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Emil Michael and Assistant Secretary of War for Science and Technology Dr. Joseph S. Jewell take questions from the press. following the Department of Defense Lab Day at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., May 05, 2026. (DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Carson Croom)
Director of Golden Dome for America (GDA) Gen. Mike Guetlein receives a briefing on the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system at a THAAD site in Dededo, Guam, July 16, 2026. Task Force Talon, composed of Soldiers from the 38th Air Defense Artillery Brigade and the Guam National Guard, operates the THAAD missile defense system to protect the U.S. territory in the Western Pacific. The site assessment directly supports the rapid development of GDA as a next-generation, layered defense capability designed to protect and shield the Homeland against advanced ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missile threats. (U.S. Navy photo by William J. Busby III)
