Drew F. Lawrence

Drew F. Lawrence is a Reporter at DefenseScoop, where he covers defense technology, systems, policy and personnel. A graduate of the George Washington University’s School of Media and Public Affairs, he has also been published in Military.com, CNN, The Washington Post, Task & Purpose and The War Horse. In 2022, he was named among the top ten military veteran journalists, and has earned awards in podcasting and national defense reporting. Originally from Massachusetts, he is a proud New England sports fan and an Army veteran.

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Defense-industry partners assemble a cruise missile for a live-fire demonstration at the Africa Multidomain Training and Experimentation Center in Tan-Tan, Morocco, Aug. 5, 2026. The demonstration was held to support regional defense capabilities and joint training interoperability. AMTEC enables U.S. and Moroccan forces to test emerging technologies and expand testing capabilities to strengthen shared readiness and interoperability under the U.S. Army’s Test Range Expansion Initiative. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Raquel Birk) According to DVIDS, this photo was altered for security purposes by blurring out defense industry names and logos.

‘Ready, but not done’: The Army will start scaling parts of its new C2 ecosystem to more units, but some of it might not move forward.

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Army attempting to cut tech-testing wait times down to 30 days through base access, scheduling website

Marine Corps will hold AI ‘hackathon’ to prototype tools for training, education

Pentagon’s counter-drone hub picked software startup Kaizen to develop c-UAS marketplace for $15M

Pentagon inks $3B framework agreement for Patriot, THAAD components

Pentagon’s counter-drone task force inks $500M contract for SkyValor ‘detect and defeat’ system after border testing

‘Ready, but not done’: The Army will start scaling parts of its new C2 ecosystem to more units, but some of it might not move forward.

AV and Applied Intuition team up to bring collaborative autonomy to new Mayhem 10 drone

After 20 years of deployment, Marine Corps receives final Osprey amid upgrades and some flight-hour restrictions

Marine regiment tests AeroVironment’s JUMP 20-X system for the first time, but faces lack of Group 3 drone operators