Jon Harper

Jon Harper is Managing Editor of DefenseScoop, the Scoop News Group’s online publication focused on the Pentagon and its pursuit of new capabilities. 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 (the social media platform formerly known as Twitter) @Jon_Harper_

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The U.S. Marine Corps Headquarters conducted a joint test mission for the XQ-58A on Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, Feb. 23, 2024. This test was the result of a collaborative effort between Kratos, the Marine Corps, the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, the Naval Air Systems Command, the Naval Warfare Center Aircraft Division, the 40th Flight Test Squadron and the 96th Test Wing. (Photo by Matthew Veasley)

Navy soliciting solutions for networking CCA drones

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Former U.S. Attorney General Matthew Whitaker speaks during a rally for Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump at the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse at Montana State University on August 9, 2024 in Bozeman, Montana. (Photo by Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)

Trump taps his former attorney general to serve as ambassador to NATO

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Pentagon unveils winners of Replicator software contracts

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Screenshot from video of the “Puerto Rico Object” shown during a Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities hearing, Nov. 19, 2024.

Pentagon’s UAP office reviews findings on Go Fast, Puerto Rico, Mt. Etna incidents in Senate hearing

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The US Capitol is seen in Washington DC, on November 10, 2024. (Photo by Daniel SLIM / AFP)

Head of Pentagon’s UAP office to testify to Senate Armed Services subcommittee

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A black hornet nano unmanned aerial vehicle is displayed during the Air Force Special Operations Command Technology, Acquisition, and Sustainment Review at Austere Field #6, Florida, July 21, 2021. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Miranda Mahoney)

SOCOM looking for ‘multidomain’ micro drones that can operate in the air and underwater

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Alexis Bonnell speaks on a panel at the 2024 Google Public Sector Summit. (Scoop News Group photo)

AFRL’s ‘LabVerse’ looking at AI for system modernization

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How things are going with the Air Force’s experimental NIPRGPT chatbot

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Military Sealift Command’s expeditionary fast transport USNS Newport (T-EPF 12) pulls into Baltimore’s Inner Harbor to support Maryland Fleet Week and Flyover Baltimore, Sept. 7, 2022. (U.S. Navy photo by Bill Mesta/released)

Industry solicited for expeditionary medical C4IT capability that can operate on Navy ships

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