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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Illustration of a hypersonic missile (Getty Images)

Physics and cost are shaping Pentagon’s hypersonics paths

Weapons

707th Communications Squadron client system technicians update software for computers that will be used on Air Force networks at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Alexandre Montes)

DOD behind on expanding its software development workforce, watchdog finds

IT

U.S. Navy Information Systems Technician 3rd Class Madison Van Zwol, from Vancouver, Washington, inspects servers in the Automated Data Processing center aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) in the Arabian Gulf, Jan. 10, 2019. The John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean and the Pacific through the western Indian Ocean and three strategic choke points. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jeffery L. Southerland)

Navy, Marine Corps leaders push for flexible cloud access at sea

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Screenshot of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 carrying 10 SDA Tranche 0 satellites.

SpaceX again stands down first launch of SDA’s Tranche 0 satellites, plans to reschedule

Space

Screenshot of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 carrying 10 SDA Tranche 0 satellites.

SpaceX aborts initial launch of SDA’s Tranche 0 satellites

Space

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After initial delays, SDA clears first batch of Tranche 0 satellites for launch

Space

cloud, data, storage, cloud computing — (Getty Images)

Defense Department has awarded first JWCC cloud task order

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Master Sgt. John Malloy and Staff Sgt. Jacob Puente secure the AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon Instrumented Measurement Vehicle 2 as it is loaded under the wing of a B-52H Stratofortress at Edwards Air Force Base, California, Aug. 6, 2020. (Air Force photo by Giancarlo Casem)

Kendall: ARRW missile test was unsuccessful; Air Force now more committed to another type of hypersonic weapon

Weapons

Vice Adm. Jon Hill testifies at a House Armed Services Committee hearing March 12, 2020.

MDA director considering new directed energy, electronic warfare capabilities for future missile defense

Weapons