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Paul Damchik and Keith Hardiman speak on a panel at the Datadog Threat Response Forum on Nov. 5, 2026. (Scoop News Group)

Where AI is — and isn’t — accelerating military missions today

Artificial intelligence has huge promise for the U.S. military services, but in some cases, early results haven’t lived up to the hype.

By Billy Mitchell

Ben Kohlmann, assistant secretary of the Navy for manpower and Reserve affairs, speaks on a panel at Datadog’s Threat Response Forum, Nov. 5, 2026. (Photo credit: Carlin Fisher/Scoop News Group)

Navy’s new innovation unit seen as key pipeline for bringing private sector talent into the Reserve

Tech

By Jon Harper

U.S. Air Force pilots prepare for take-off in a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility during Operation Epic Fury, March 10, 2026. (U.S. Air Force photo)

Tech expert ‘embeds’ prototyped dozens of apps alongside Transcom operators during Iran war

AI

By Brandi Vincent

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Former Army boss Dan Driscoll joins OpenAI as senior counselor

By Jon Harper
Space Force chief: Intelligence officials ‘making sure we get lessons learned’ from recent Russian satellite maneuvers near commercial sat

By Jon Harper
How can we trust AI in national defense missions?

By Derek Britton
Army selects Lockheed Martin for billion-dollar Future Interceptor program

By Jon Harper
Leonardo DRS tapped to support Army’s high-energy laser program

By Jon Harper

Popular Stories

Clarity-1 satellite (Image credit: Albedo)

The missing puzzle piece in space superiority: Why it’s time for the U.S. government to prioritize VLEO

A nuclear detonation in space could make all of LEO unusable for up to a year.

By David Rothzeid Matt Kaplan

Vion system kit (GDIT image)

GDIT puts Vion mission partner environment technology through its paces during Pacific exercise

The tech stack includes deployable cloud hardware, a secure zero-trust platform, common data-centric services, and C2 mission applications, a company official told DefenseScoop.

By Jon Harper

An Indiana National Guard Soldier assigned to 1st Battalion, 151st Infantry Regiment, prepares a Parrot ANAFI drone for flight during a Combat Readiness Exercise at Camp Atterbury, near Edinburgh, Indiana, July 21, 2026. (Indiana National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Hector Tinoco)

Army designates 2 additional ‘permissive’ sites for commercial vendors to test their drone and counter-drone tech

The move is part of a broader Army initiative aimed at facilitating vendor access to test ranges.

By Jon Harper

A close-up view shows a solar-powered Flock Safety automated license plate reader (ALPR) public safety surveillance camera mounted on a utility pole in a commercial parking lot in American Fork, Utah, United States, on September 20, 2026. (Photo by Charles-McClintock Wilson/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

U.S. military building resilience against emerging OPSEC risks from automated surveillance networks

Frontier AI and other advanced technologies are making it easier for adversaries to find and exploit vulnerabilities associated with those interconnected capabilities.

By Brandi Vincent

Army taps AWS and WWT to boost AI-enabled cybersecurity initiative

By Jon Harper

Air Force launches next phase of hypersonic missile program with $694M contract award for ARRW

By Jon Harper

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

By Brandi Vincent

Anduril expanding into laptop manufacturing in partnership with Qualcomm

By Jon Harper

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

By Brandi Vincent

Insights

Accelerate defense missions with secure, pre-hardened containers

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How embedded agents are accelerating defense AI adoption

By Joe Kopacz

How to build observability for the agentic AI era

By Scoop News Group

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

By Scoop News Group

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

By Philip Reynolds

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

By Billy Mitchell

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

Mikey Dickerson: Crisis Engineering

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The Latest

US President Donald Trump (R) shakes hands with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth as he arrives to speak at Anduril Industries in Sparrows Point, Maryland, on October 6, 2026. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP via Getty Images)

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

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth arrives on stage for a discussion during the U.S. Army’s 2026 Annual Meeting and Exposition at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center on October 14, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

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

(Photo by Patricia Joseph)

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

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

(Photo by Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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

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

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

U.S. Navy Fleet Master Chief Lateef Compton, U.S. Central Command senior enlisted leader, visits Airmen and Guardians in the CENTCOM area of responsibility, Jan. 7, 2026. Compton visited multiple sites around the base and had lunch with Airmen and Guardians assigned to U.S. Space Forces – Central. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Devlin Bishop)

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

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Eric E. Austin, the commanding general of Marine Corps Combat Development Command and deputy commandant for Combat Development and Integration, Portfolio Acquisition Executive, Marine Corps, provides his remarks at the Mavin Smart System Summit at Quantico Corporate Center, Va., Aug. 25, 2026. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Magdalena Tochimani-Fuentes)

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

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Navy expands contract ceiling for AI-enabled repair robots

Michael Coulter, then-CEO of Hanwha Global Defense, speaks during the Warsaw Security Forum 2025 in Warsaw, Poland, on September 30, 2025. (Photo by Marek Antoni Iwanczuk/NurPhoto via Getty Images).

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

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

Aerial photograph of the eastern entrance of the Pentagon. (Getty Images)

Pentagon CIO gets new strategic technical advisor

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