Mikayla Easley

Mikayla Easley reports on the Pentagon’s acquisition and use of emerging technologies. Prior to joining DefenseScoop, she covered national security and the defense industry for National Defense Magazine. She received a BA in Russian language and literature from the University of Michigan and a MA in journalism from the University of Missouri. You can follow her on Twitter @MikaylaEasley

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Radomes providing strategic and theater missile warning for the United States and its international allies are photographed during sunset on Dec. 13, 2021, on Buckley Space Force Base, Colo. More than one thousand Guardians, Airmen, civilians, contractors, and allied mission partners execute Space Delta 4’s missile defense warning mission around the clock. (U.S. Space Force photo by Senior Airman Danielle McBride)

Space Force looks to shift more units into ‘integrated’ structure over next year

Space

Zero-trust network architecture illustration (iStock/Getty Images)

Air Force releases strategy for zero-trust implementation

Cyber

Rendering of a L3Harris missile warning satellite. (L3Harris image)

SDA sends notice to industry for next layer of missile tracking satellites

Space

Pentagon CIO John Sherman (USGIF image)

From Building 213 to the Pentagon: John Sherman reflects on his legacy in government

Emerging Tech

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The Pentagon Joint Staff wants its own chief data and AI office

AI

Randy Resnick speaks at the 2023 Zero Trust Summit. (FedScoop photo)

DOD working on continuous assessment process for deployed zero-trust solutions

IT

United States Space Force General Stephen N. Whiting speaks during a hearing with the Senate Armed Services Committee at the Hart Senate Office Building on February 29, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Spacecom plans to launch pilot program to test data-fusion capabilities

Space

Lockheed Martin rendering of a Next-Generation Air Dominance platform

Air Force likely weighing several factors as it contemplates future of NGAD

Weapons

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New interoperability standards key to implementing Army’s digital engineering strategy

Emerging Tech