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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U.S. Central Command Chief Technology Officer Schuyler Moore conduct a press briefing on artificial intelligence and unmanned systems at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Dec. 7, 2022. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Alexander Kubitza)

Centcom CTO sees generative AI models as a potential drudge for combatant commands

AI

Building of the U.S. Treasury Department in Washington, D.C. (Getty Images)

Biden issues EO aimed at undermining Chinese military modernization by regulating US investments in 3 critical technology areas

AI

A U.S. Army Origin robotic weapons system uses a tethered UAS to help Soldiers perform reconnaissance of an area during Project Convergence 22 experimentation Oct. 26, 2022, on Fort Irwin, California. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jaaron Tolley)

Army finalizing plan for pursuing ‘human-machine integrated formations’

Weapons

Leonidas high-power microwave system (Image courtesy of Epirus)

JCO to host counter-drone swarm technology demo in pursuit of new capabilities

Weapons

A lethal miniature aerial missile system flies during an exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Sept. 2, 2020. (Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Tyler Forti)

Army may procure multiple variants of LASSO kamikaze drones to boost production capacity, acquisition chief says

Weapons

A Remote Environmental Measuring Units (REMUS) 100 unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) deploys after being launched by a Sailors assigned to the Naval Oceanographic Mine Warfare Center and a REMUS Team Sailor from the Italian Mine Countermeasures Forces Command during exercise Recognized Environmental Picture Augmented by Maritime Unmanned Systems REP (MUS) in Sesimbra, Portugal, Sept. 19, 2019. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Travis Simmons)

Navy eyeing new tech to help kill underwater drones and enemy divers

Weapons

Northrop Grumman’s Hypersonic Capability Center in Elkton, Maryland (Northrop Grumman photo)

Northrop Grumman opens new propulsion system factory in anticipation of boom in hypersonic missile production

Weapons

An F-15E Strike Eagle from the 96th Test Wing’s 40th Flight Test Squadron at Eglin AFB, Florida flies in formation with an XQ-58A Valkyrie flown by artificial intelligence agents developed by the Autonomous Air Combat Operations, or AACO, team from AFRL. (U.S. Air Force photo)

Air Force flight tests AI agents with Valkyrie drone

AI

Non-standard commercial vehicles (SOCOM image)

SOCOM hunting for more flexible IT, comms gear for souped-up commercial vehicles

IT