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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Textron’s M3 Ripsaw robotic combat vehicle technology demonstrator. (Textron photo)

Army picks vendors to prototype robotic combat vehicles

Weapons

Spc. Layne Alfieri, a soldier assigned to 1st Battalion 87th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, dons an Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) 1.2 prototype during the IVAS 1.2 Phase One User Assessment held by Program Executive Office (PEO) Soldier on Fort Drum, August 22, 2023. (U.S. Army photo by Jason Amadi, PEO Soldier Public Affairs)

Army awards Microsoft $95M for additional IVAS 1.2 headsets, virtual trainers

Emerging Tech

3D rendering of a computer board with circuits and chip. (iStock/Getty Images)

Air Force issues BAA for ‘extreme’ computing tech

AI

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Pentagon announces initial awards for $2B Microelectronics Commons program

Tech

A common hypersonic glide body (C-HGB) launches from Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauai, Hawaii, March 19, 2020, during a Department of Defense flight experiment. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)

Delay in fielding of hypersonic weapon ‘not that big a deal,’ Army acquisition chief says

Weapons

Richard Danzig (CNAS photo)

Navy announces members of new S&T board

Tech

Image of a 3D printer (iStock/Getty Images)

Pentagon arms Ukraine with ‘industrial-size’ 3D printers

Emerging Tech

A Skydio X2d quadcopter drone is flown by Airmen on March 8, 2023, at the Belle Clair Soccer Park in Belleville, Illinois. The drone was used during the first class of Detachment X program initiated on Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Madeline Baisey)

Pentagon soliciting industry for adapter and software to convert remotely piloted drones into autonomous systems

AI

Adm. Christopher Grady, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, views the Navigation Seamanship Surface Trainer during a tour of the Mariner Skills Training Center Atlantic, June 7, 2023. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class James D. Mullen)

US military publishes new joint warfighting doctrine

Emerging Tech