Houthi-led disruptions in Red Sea prompt Transcom to expand information-sharing
U.S. Transportation Command commander Gen. Randall Reed shared new details with DefenseScoop this week about those and other efforts.
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Gen. Randall Reed delivers the Sea-Air-Space keynote on April 9, 2025. (Photo source: U.S. Transportation Command) Tech -
Acting Chief of Naval Operations Adm. James Kilby participates in a fireside chat with U.S. Army Gen. (Ret.) Curtis M. Scaparrotti during the Sea-Air-Space 2025 maritime exposition at the Gaylord National Convention Center, National Harbor, Maryland, April 7, 2025. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Vanessa White/Released) Tech How the Navy’s vision to enhance readiness and lethality by 2027 hinges on technology
Adm. James Kilby briefed a small group of reporters on some of the sea service’s associated near-term modernization efforts.
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U.S. President Donald Trump, U.S. National Security Adviser Michael Waltz, U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, listen to a question from a reporter during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on March 13, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) Tech Pentagon IG launches investigation into Hegseth’s involvement in ‘SignalGate’
The Pentagon’s top watchdog will investigate whether or not Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth shared classified information over an unclassified messaging app.
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Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) (C) talks with Ranking Member Jack Reed (D-RI) during the confirmation hearing for U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Capitol Hill on January 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) Tech 5 hot topics Dan ‘Razin’ Caine might address during his confirmation hearing Tuesday
President Trump’s nominee to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff will face questions from the Senate Armed Services Committee this week.
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LONDON, ENGLAND – JANUARY 11: In this photo illustration, the messaging service Signal app is seen on a mobile phone on January 11, 2021 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Edward Smith/Getty Images) Tech Signal leak sparks new calls for modernized messaging options from defense officials
SignalGate underscores a need for secured chat options for government and military insiders, current and former defense officials told DefenseScoop.
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U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of the U.S. Navy John Phelan arrives to a Senate Armed Services confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on February 27, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) Tech Senate confirms Trump’s pick to lead Navy and Marine Corps
John Phelan is set to take the helm as secretary of the Navy after lawmakers confirmed him Monday.
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Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell and Joint Staff Director for Operations Lt. Gen. Alex Grynkewich conduct a press briefing at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., March 17, 2025. (DOD photo by U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Madelyn Keech) Tech Trump administration targets Houthi drone experts, C2 arsenal in first wave of ongoing strikes
Top officials shared new details during the Defense Department’s first on-camera press briefing under the new Trump administration.
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(Image credit: Defense Innovation Unit) Weapons DIU taps 4 vendors — including Ukrainian firms — for long-range kamikaze drones
The program — dubbed Artemis — was initiated in response to emerging trends on modern battlefields across the world.
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U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) speaks during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, Jan. 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) Op-Ed Protection of spectrum by Congress also protects Trump’s Iron Dome from shortsighted 5G policy
The binary choice many in the telecommunications industry are lobbying Congress to make would kill President Trump’s Iron Dome for America and continue to leave the U.S. homeland exposed to an array of long-range strike threats, Sen. Mike Rounds writes in this Op-Ed.
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A woman walks under a sign of big data analytics US software company Palantir at their stand ahead of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on May 22, 2022. (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images) AI Palantir partners with data-labeling startup to improve accuracy of AI models
The partnership strives to improve the overall quality of artificial intelligence models by using high-quality, well-labeled data.