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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine visits Joint Task Force Southern Border in Sierra Vista, Az. April 19, 2025. DOD photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist James Mullen)

Joint Chiefs chairman says U.S. forces must prepare to be ‘hunted’ by autonomous systems

“We have to assume from now on that our formations will be hunted by autonomous systems, jammed across the spectrum, and tracked in real time," Gen. Dan…

5 days ago By Jon Harper

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Brandi Vincent: Behind-the-byline of one of the Pentagon’s top tech reporters

Vincent goes in depth on her approach to covering the DOD as AI takes the forefront and the freedom of the press in the Pentagon has been…

Sep 14, 2026

In the fireside chat, “When the Math Doesn’t Math: Reframing CMMC to Deliver at the Speed of Relevance,” Kirsten Davies, Chief Information Officer for the Department of War, and James Mismash, Deputy Assistant Secretary of War for Industrial Base Growth, discussed the Department’s efforts to modernize its digital infrastructure, reduce compliance friction, and create a more secure and agile ecosystem that enables industry to deliver capabilities to the warfighter faster. Photo taken Aug. 26, 2026. (Courtesy Photo)

Pentagon sets procedures for AI-assisted software development

The guidance on “Accelerated Mission Software” was signed by DOD CIO Kirsten Davies on Aug. 31 and went into effect Sept. 8.

Sep 14, 2026 By Jon Harper

Services members assigned to the GenAI.mil task force, Department of Defense (DOD) Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO), deliver training on building AI agents to Sailors assigned to U.S. Pacific Fleet on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, July 23, 2026. (U.S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Christopher Sypert)

DOD poised to move all classified AI workloads off Anthropic by October

U.S. officials shared new details about the fast-tracked migration and early enterprise deployments of military-tuned frontier AI models.

Sep 11, 2026 By Brandi Vincent

Defense Information Systems Agency Director, U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Paul T. Stanton. (Photo by David Abizaid)

Decades of delayed maintenance has left Pentagon networks in ‘potential peril’ for the AI age, cyber defense commander says: ‘no more.’

Lt. Gen. Paul Stanton told an audience at the annual Billington CyberSecurity Summit that the ways in which an adversary could employ cyber agents is “mind-boggling in…

Sep 10, 2026 By Drew F. Lawrence

The Pentagon Office Building is seen from the air on August 25, 2026, in Arlington, VA. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images)

Pentagon partners with venture studio to pilot shared savings contract model via $100M OTA

This unique agreement is designed to demonstrate a new framework where vendors are paid only for the costs they eliminate for DOD.

Sep 9, 2026 By Brandi Vincent

YAGONG REEF, CRESCENT GROUP, PARACEL ISLANDS, SOUTH CHINA SEA — AUGUST 17, 2026 — Vantor satellite image shows new buildings and construction activity on Yagong Reef in the Paracel Islands. (Satellite image (c) 2026 Vantor. / Getty Images)

U.S. Navy, Quad partners move to ‘fingerprint’ dark fleets in the Pacific with Vantor’s AI

DefenseScoop got new details on Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific’s recent contract award to the company that grew out of Maxar.

Sep 4, 2026 By Brandi Vincent

The Tactical Intelligence Targeting Access Node (TITAN) is what the Army considers its next-generation, Artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled, expeditionary, maneuverable intelligence ground station. (Army photo).

Army’s TITAN platform moving into production phase with $192M delivery award for Palantir, Anduril

Under the latest delivery announcement, the Army expects to receive eight TITAN platforms over the next 18 months.

Sep 1, 2026 By Drew F. Lawrence

An AI app folder containing Grok, Gemini, and ChatGPT, among others, is displayed on a smartphone screen in Creteil, France, on July 9, 2026. (Photo by Samuel Boivin/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Grok and ChatGPT join Gemini in Pentagon’s enterprise genAI portal

Sources shared new details about this long-anticipated integration, which DOD officials announced on Monday.

Aug 31, 2026 By Brandi Vincent

Pentagon awards $318M contract for Dataminr alerting services technology

The deal provides situational awareness, force protection, and indications and warnings on global events, per the DOD announcement.

Aug 27, 2026 By Jon Harper