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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Rocket Lab, True Anomaly win contracts for US military’s Victus Haze project

Space

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Chandra Donelson to serve as acting Air Force chief data and AI officer

AI

Next-generation air dominance and CCA drone concept art (Lockheed Martin image)

Navy aiming for $15M price tag for CCA drones; avoid long-term sustainment costs

Weapons

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Navy to test Epirus high-power microwave’s ability to zap maritime drones

Weapons

Robotic Combat Vehicle prototype during soldier experimentation at the National Training Center, NTC, Fort Irwin, CA from July to September 2023. (Photo by Savannah Baldwin)

Anduril, Palantir awarded contracts for Army robotic combat vehicle software system integration

Tech

Sailors assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64) stand watch in the ship’s Combat Information Center during an operation in the Red Sea to defeat a combination of Houthi missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles, Oct. 19, 2023. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Aaron Lau)

US military deploys new JADC2 capability to Middle East

AI

A U.S. Marine holds a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Information Innovation Office challenge coin after being presented the coin on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Dec 1, 2022. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Christopher R. Lape)

DARPA transitions new technology to shield military AI systems from trickery

AI

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Congress to DOD: Explain how you’re going to use and sustain Replicator drones

Weapons

U.S. Army Soldiers, assigned to the 6th Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, and the Artificial Intelligence Integration Center, conduct drone test flights and software troubleshooting during Allied Spirit 24 at the Hohenfels Training Area, Joint Multinational Readiness Center, Germany, March 6, 2024. (U.S. Army photo by Micah Wilson)

Army proposing 3 systems for 2nd round of Replicator; 1 picked for initial tranche

AI