Senate confirms former Uber executive as Pentagon’s chief technology officer
The Senate on Wednesday voted 54-43 to confirm businessman Emil Michael as undersecretary of defense for research and engineering and the Pentagon’s CTO.
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Emil Michael appears before the Senate Armed Services Committee for his nomination to become undersecretary of defense for research and engineering in Washington, D.C. March 27, 2025. (DoD photo by EJ Hersom) Emerging Tech -
A medium range ballistic missile target is launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii, as part of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s Flight Test Aegis Weapon System 31 Event 1a (FTM-31 E1a), held on March 30, 2023 in cooperation with the U.S. Navy. (MDA photo) Space Lawmakers propose $25B to fund Trump’s Golden Dome missile defense shield
The $150 billion reconciliation bill includes funding to support development and fielding of Golden Dome technologies, such as space-based sensors and interceptors.
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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth delivers remarks to troops, faculty, and staff at the U.S. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pa., April 23, 2025. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Kubitza) Tech DOD kicks off review of major defense acquisition programs as Hegseth touts reforms
“We must have high-performing, mission-aligned programs at every level,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said at the U.S. Army War College.
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A view of the Pentagon on December 13, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Photo by DANIEL SLIM/AFP via Getty Images) Emerging Tech Trump taps hypersonics expert to oversee Pentagon’s S&T portfolio
An experienced aerospace engineer, Joseph Jewell has spent decades in both academia and government working on hypersonics research and development.
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Retired Lt. Gen. Dan Caine, President Trump’s nominee to be Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrives for his Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing on April 01, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) Emerging Tech Lt. Gen. Caine, Trump’s nominee for Joint Chiefs chairman, is gung-ho about commercial tech
Retired Lt. Gen. Dan ‘Razin’ Caine touted his business background at his confirmation hearing Tuesday.
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An aerial view of the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., May 15, 2023. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Alexander Kubitza) Emerging Tech Trump taps ‘The DoddFather’ to oversee critical technologies at the Pentagon
President Trump nominated Michael Dodd to be assistant secretary of defense for critical technologies.
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The US Capitol is seen in Washington DC, on November 10, 2024. (Photo by Daniel SLIM / AFP) Emerging Tech Congress sets Pentagon research, development, test and evaluation spending at $141B
The Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act of 2025 was signed into law Saturday by President Trump.
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An aerial view of the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., May 15, 2023. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. John Wright) Tech Trump nominates Anduril executive, former special operations officer to be Army undersecretary
If confirmed, Michael Obadal would serve as the Army’s No. 2 civilian official.
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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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Stephen Feinberg, U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee to be Deputy Secretary of Defense, testifies during his Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on February 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. Feinberg, businessman and CEO of Cerberus Capital Management, served as the head of President Trumps Intelligence Advisory Board in Trump’s first term. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) Tech Stephen Feinberg, Trump’s pick for deputy defense secretary, vows to ‘review the value’ of Replicator
Questions have swirled about the new administration’s vision for the initiative and whether there are plans to transform or terminate it.