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Troy Meink appears before the Senate Armed Services Committee for his nomination to be secretary of the Air Force in Washington, D.C., March 27, 2025. (DoD photo by EJ Hersom)

Meink: Space Force has deployed space control weapons to orbit

The announcement is the first time a Pentagon official has confirmed the existence of U.S. space-based weapons.

By Mikayla Easley

YFQ-42 aircraft sit on the flightline at a California test location as part of the Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft flight test campaign. (Courtesy Air Force photo)

Air Force plans to field 500 CCA drones by 2032

Weapons

By Mikayla Easley

In the fireside chat, “When the Math Doesn’t Math: Reframing CMMC to Deliver at the Speed of Relevance,” Kirsten Davies, Chief Information Officer for the Department of War, and James Mismash, Deputy Assistant Secretary of War for Industrial Base Growth, discussed the Department’s efforts to modernize its digital infrastructure, reduce compliance friction, and create a more secure and agile ecosystem that enables industry to deliver capabilities to the warfighter faster. Photo taken Aug. 26, 2026. (Courtesy Photo)

Pentagon sets procedures for AI-assisted software development

AI

By Jon Harper

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DOD poised to move all classified AI workloads off Anthropic by October

By Brandi Vincent
Army awards $196M for sensors in first production contracts under EW-focused call for solutions

By Drew F. Lawrence
Decades of delayed maintenance has left Pentagon networks in ‘potential peril’ for the AI age, cyber defense commander says: ‘no more.’

By Drew F. Lawrence
DIU moves to prototype new contract model that will fast-track security clearances for startups

By Brandi Vincent
Pentagon pores over heaps of industry feedback on CMMC reform

By Jon Harper

Popular Stories

AGM-190A (Leidos image)

AFSOC gunship launches new Havoc Spear cruise missiles at targets in Africa during combat operations

The system was pursued via a U.S. Special Operations Command CRADA with Leidos.

By Jon Harper

Michael Dodd, assistant secretary of war for critical technologies, shakes hands with the newest members of the U.S. Air Force during a Joint Enlistment Ceremony at Indianapolis Motor Speedway at Speedway, Indiana, May 17, 2026. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Austin Goss)

After Army commits to Joint Laser Weapon System program by 2028, Pentagon critical tech official presses other services to do the same

“I’ll say it here, I’m going to knuckle roll the other services to do the same," said Michael Dodd, assistant secretary of defense for critical technologies.

By Drew F. Lawrence

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine operates a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium in New York Harbor, June 16, 2026. Coast Guard crews provided an operational tour highlighting maritime security responsibilities throughout the Port of New York and New Jersey. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Sydney Phoenix)

Gen. Caine urges industry to lean more into ‘shared risk’ when delivering tech for U.S. military

"When you look at the price of lethality right now, it's on an exponential decrease," the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said.

By Brandi Vincent

Covenant officially unveiled its Anthem missile Wednesday. (Photo by Covenant)

Covenant unveils ‘deep precision strike’ missile it plans to build by the thousands

The head of Army fires acquisition said Wednesday he was impressed with the company’s system and that it's in the mix of capabilities the service is looking…

By Drew F. Lawrence

Pentagon partners with venture studio to pilot shared savings contract model via $100M OTA

By Brandi Vincent

U.S. military’s Anduril Dive-LD drone was ‘dead in the water’ before Iran nabbed it

By Brandi Vincent

DIU, Honeywell Aerospace flight-test quantum sensing technology for aircraft navigation

By Jon Harper

U.S. Navy, Quad partners move to ‘fingerprint’ dark fleets in the Pacific with Vantor’s AI

By Brandi Vincent

Textron wins Navy task orders for drone ISR services to support 7th Fleet, other forces

By Jon Harper

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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

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From job descriptions to skills intelligence

By Christina Dance Damon Harvey

How defense organizations can close zero trust’s file security gap

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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)

Defense industry shifts procurement model to speed drone deployment

By Scoop News Group

Videos

Security involves more than checking boxes; it’s about accelerating defense innovation

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GDIT’s Erik Pittman talks speed and security in high-risk battlespaces

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GDIT’s John Sahlin on preparing forces for AI-enabled operations

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GDIT’s Matt Hayden on acquiring mission-critical tech at greater speed

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Podcasts

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

By Billy Mitchell

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

By Billy Mitchell

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U.S. Marines with Marine Aircraft Group 12 set up c-wire for a temporary sensitive compartmented information facility at Gwangju Air Base, Republic of Korea, during the Fiscal Year 2023 Korea Flying Training, April 19, 2023. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Tyler Harmon)

Pentagon kicks off pursuit of mobile SCIFs to aid defense companies

A U.S. Army drone observes a training unit in the woods during exercise Saber Junction 26 at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center’s Hohenfels Training Area, Germany, Aug. 29, 2026. (U.S. Army photo by 1st Lt. Brandon Miles)

Lawmakers with ‘deep concerns’ press Army leadership about decision to terminate unit’s Ukraine-informed drone mission

A UFO variety was photographed when it hovered for fifteen minutes near Holloman Air Development Center in New Mexico. The object was photographed by a government employee and was released by the Aerial Phenomena Research Organization after careful study. (Credit: Bettmann via Getty Images)

Pentagon seeks access to vast private UFO records collection

AeroVironment’s LOCUST high-energy laser (Photo courtesy of AeroVironment)

Army awards AeroVironment nearly $500M contract for laser weapons

Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks alongside Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Virginia Hung Cao at the Truong Tien Restaurant in the Eden Center on August 26, 2024 in Falls Church, Virginia. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Trump announces nomination of Hung Cao as SECNAV

The Tactical Intelligence Targeting Access Node (TITAN) is what the Army considers its next-generation, Artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled, expeditionary, maneuverable intelligence ground station. (Army photo).

Army’s TITAN platform moving into production phase with $192M delivery award for Palantir, Anduril

Smoke rises after Iran carried out a missile strike on the main headquarters of the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet in Manama in retaliation against US-Israeli attacks, in Bahrain February 28, 2026. (Photo by Stringer/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Memo outlines new policies for military families affected by war-triggered evacuation from Bahrain

(Image credit: General Atomics)

Navy kicks off search for first increment of CCA drones

Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll arrives for the United States Military Academy commencement ceremony in Michie Stadium at the U.S. Military Academy on May 23, 2026 in West Point, New York. (Photo by Adam Gray/Getty Images)

Army Secretary Dan Driscoll submits resignation

An AI app folder containing Grok, Gemini, and ChatGPT, among others, is displayed on a smartphone screen in Creteil, France, on July 9, 2026. (Photo by Samuel Boivin/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Grok and ChatGPT join Gemini in Pentagon’s enterprise genAI portal

S2AS (Photo by Shawn Nesaw. Source: DVIDS)

Army will soon deliver first batch of detection tools to help command posts identify their own signal emissions, protect from EMS targeting

A quantum computer at The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Information Directorate in Rome, New York is used to conduct experiments to improve quantum computing and networking. (U.S. Air Force photo / Keith Lewis)

DOD probes industry about software-defined encryption as U.S. scurries to get quantum-safe

A U.S. Army soldier with 4th Battalion, 27th Field Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, assigned to Joint Task Force-Southern Border (JTF-SB), monitors the southern border through binoculars during a patrol in Yuma, Az., Jan. 5, 2026. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Sawyer Carleton)

After back-to-back airspace blunders earlier this year, border task force shoots down ‘cartel-linked’ drones with AV laser

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