Pentagon names 6 appointees to lead the CTO’s top technology efforts
Here’s a first look at the new cadre tapped to accelerate projects across the DOD’s Critical Technology Areas.
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Aerial view of the Pentagon building in Arlington, Va., on Wednesday, October 22, 2025. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) Emerging Tech -
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks at Starbase,Texas, on Jan 12, 2026. (DOD photo posted on X) AI ‘Accelerate like hell’: Hegseth moves to reshape DOD’s AI and tech hubs
Pete Hegseth’s speech and three accompanying memorandums released Monday reveal the Trump administration’s latest, fast-moving and multifaceted vision to overhaul the Pentagon’s technology enterprise.
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A second B-21 Raider, the nation’s sixth-generation stealth bomber, joins flight testing at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., Sept. 11, 2025. (Courtesy photo) Op-Ed The new airpower advantage
The U.S. Air Force cannot solve its problems by expanding today’s force or chasing game-changing technologies. It needs to return to the core of military advantage — operational innovation.
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Sean Batir moderates a panel at the Billington Cybersecurity Summit in Washington Sept. 12, 2025. (Photo by Brandi Vincent) AI Transparency is key as AI gets smarter, experts say
Cybersecurity panelists spotlighted multiple risks and threats posed by emerging frontier AI applications.
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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Emil Michael tour multi-domain autonomous displays in the courtyard of the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., July 16, 2025. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Kubitza) Emerging Tech Pentagon to trim list of critical technology areas
Defense Department CTO Emil Michael is about to make changes to the Pentagon’s list of tech priorities.
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(DARPA photo) AI DARPA christens USX-1 Defiant autonomous ship ahead of at-sea demonstrations
Officials plan to deliver the robotic platform to the Navy’s Unmanned Maritime Systems Program Office (PMS 406).
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(Photo courtesy of U.S. Central Command Public Affairs) Tech US Central Command hires new chief data officer
Cyrus Jabbari is the new CDO at the combatant command that oversees American military operations in the Middle East.
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Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, Hawaii — Marines from the 3d Littoral Logistics Battalion, or LLB, engage in a Foreign Comparative Test, or FCT, of a South Korean Unmanned Ground Vehicle, or UGV, prototype. (Marine Corps Systems Command photo) Tech Navy solicits industry for unmanned ground vehicle architecture
The Department of the Navy released a solicitation Wednesday to further its pursuit of technology enablers for unmanned ground vehicles.
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A U.S. Marine holds a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Information Innovation Office challenge coin after being presented the coin on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Dec 1, 2022. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Christopher R. Lape) Tech Trump administration picks new DARPA director
Stephen Winchell has been tapped to head the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
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FORT IRWIN, Calif. – Bravo Company (Bandits), 11th Cyber Battalion, culminated months of home station training with participation in National Training Center Rotation 25-03, January and February 2025. Expeditionary CEMA (Cyber and Electromagnetic Activities) Team 05 and ECT 06, B Co., 11CB, conducted electromagnetic reconnaissance, radio frequency enabled offensive cyber operations, and special purpose electromagnetic attacks to shape operations during the rotation for III Armor Corps, 1st Infantry Division, and 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne). (Photo by Steven Stover, 780th Military Intelligence Brigade (Cyber)) Tech What does flexible funding for electronic warfare mean for the Army?
The Army wants to consolidate budget line items for its EW portfolio to ensure it is more responsive to real-world threats.