Jon Harper

Jon Harper is Editor-in-Chief of DefenseScoop. He leads an award-winning team of journalists in providing breaking news and in-depth analysis on military technology and the ways in which it is shaping how the Defense Department operates and modernizes. You can also follow him on X: @Jon_Harper_

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Pentagon awards nearly $1B in JWCC task orders

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DISA looking at ‘retooling’ Stratus cloud offering

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Senate appropriators recommend ‘full funding’ for Replicator — and potentially even more money

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U.S. Marines assigned to Defensive Cyberspace Operations – Internal Defensive Measures Company, 9th Communication Battalion, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, review network configurations in the current operations tent at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Oct. 1, 2018. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Cutler Brice)

Marines get the green light to be ‘Phantoms’ at Air Force’s AI accelerator

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Air Force Gen. James B. Hecker, U.S. Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa commander, speaks to the winners of the major command’s 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 2023, during a ceremony at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, May 14, 2024. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alexandra M. Longfellow)

USAFE commander expects new drones to ‘change quite a few things’ for Air Force readiness

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KuRFS and Coyote provide the detect and defeat components of the U.S. Army’s counter-UAS solution, called LIDS: the Low, slow, small, unmanned aircraft Integrated Defeat System. (RTX image)

Pentagon to test whether counter-drone systems can operate effectively under electronic attack

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U.S. and Canadian service members participate in the third series of Global Information Dominance Experiments (GIDE 3) at North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command Headquarters, July 8-16, 2021. (DoD photo by N&C Public Affairs)

Pentagon poised to launch inaugural ‘challenge’ for Global Information Dominance Experiments

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A screen displays a map of a simulated conflict during a joint training exercise with NATO partners April 28, 2023 in Blue Ash, Ohio. The Air Force is working to harness emerging information and communications technology and artificial intelligence technologies to provide targeting and decision support with the speed, adaptability, and resilience needed to fight in a highly contested environment. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Shane Hughes)

Air Force issues presolicitation for next-gen target tracking

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U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Gabriel Schultis, a motor transport operator attached to 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, shoots an M16A4 service rifle during company field exercise 1-23 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Oct. 13, 2022. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Atticus Martinez)

Marines on the hunt for rifle-mounted jammers to defeat enemy drones

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