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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Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (Artist rendering)

US Space Command wants more maneuverable satellites on orbit by 2028

Space

This photo illustration created on April 13, 2023, shows the suspect, national guardsman Jack Teixeira, reflected in an image of the Pentagon in Washington, DC. - FBI agents on Thursday arrested a young national guardsman suspected of being behind a major leak of sensitive US government secrets -- including about the Ukraine war. US Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the arrest made "in connection with an investigation into alleged unauthorized removal, retention and transmission of classified national defense information." (Photo by Stefani REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images) — This photo illustration created on April 13, 2023, shows the suspect, national guardsman Jack Teixeira, reflected in an image of the Pentagon in Washington, DC. (Photo by STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Sec. Austin issues new guidance to streamline Pentagon’s protection of classified information

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HAC-D chair wants to give new DIU director more flexibility to aggressively buy commercial tech

Emerging Tech

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Space Force insufficiently equipped to deter conflict over Taiwan, senior official warns

Space

U.S. Northern Command Commander U.S. Air Force Gen. Glen D. VanHerck speaks during a press briefing about the completed global information dominance experiment (GIDE) 3, at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., July 28, 2021. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Brittany A. Chase)

NORAD’s VanHerck wants better data sharing, sensor architectures for homeland defense

Tech

Integrated ground segments for the Navy’s Mobile User Objective System (MUOS). (Photo by General Dynamics Mission Systems)

SDA taps General Dynamics to build out ground infrastructure for upcoming satellites

Space

Crews of the National Space Defense Center provide threat-focused space domain awareness across the nation security space enterprise. (U.S. Space Force photo by Kathryn Damon)

Upcoming Space Force-NRO critical thinking wargame to focus on space conflict in 2030

Space

Electronics Technician 2nd Class Eric Wang, from Irvine, Calif., conducts maintenance on the global positioning system in the pilot house aboard Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Charleston (LCS 18). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ryan M. Breeden)

Naval Research Lab scouting out industry’s cutting-edge PNT capabilities

Emerging Tech

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Space Force aiming to address satcom shortfalls in future budgets

Space