Pentagon, IC want industry to provide an ‘evaluation harness’ to standardize testing of AI systems
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) launched a a program called MYSTIC DEPOT.
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A U.S. Air Force XQ-58A Valkyrie, an autonomous, low-cost tactical unmanned air vehicle, flies over Eglin Air Force Base’s Gulf Test and Training Range. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ilka Cole) AI -
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Carlos Perez-armenta, a logistics specialist with 1st Distribution Support Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, operates an Autonomous Low-Profile Vessel during testing on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 22, 2026. The ALPV is an autonomous logistics delivery system the Marine Corps is experimenting with to deliver supplies and equipment in a timely manner throughout the littorals. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Mary Torres) Emerging Tech U.S. military seeks more ALPV capability to resupply troops in contested littoral environments
Marines have been experimenting with autonomous low-profile vessels. This week, the Defense Innovation Unit issued a solicitation to industry.
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The Hypersonix DART AE vehicle aboard Rocket Lab’s HASTE launch vehicle at the Virginia Spaceport Authority’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island, Virginia. (Photo credit: Hypersonix) Emerging Tech DIU notches first launch of commercial hypersonic test platform
The Cassowary Vex mission marked the first deployment of a commercial-built hypersonic testbed developed under the Hypersonic High-Cadence Advanced Testing program.
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(Photo by Brandi Vincent) Emerging Tech Owen West takes helm of DIU, vows to ‘narrow’ investment priorities
In his first memo to DIU employees, West listed his top priorities for the unit going forward.
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U.S. Navy Corpsmen assigned to Task Force Ashland, I Marine Expeditionary Force and Royal Thai Navy service members conduct tactical combat casualty care at Hat Yao Beach, Rayong, Thailand, Feb. 25, 2026. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Austin Salazar) Tech U.S. military trying to shed ‘paper-based’ triage systems to keep up with medical challenges in modern combat
Gone are the days of stationary medical facilities and the “golden hour” common to the U.S. military in Iraq and Afghanistan — a “foregone luxury in a large-scale combat operation,” as some officials have said.
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U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth hosts a drone demonstration at the Pentagon, July 10, 2025. The event was hosted to portray the Secretary of Defense’s initiative of Unleashing U.S. Military Drone Dominance. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alondra Y. Lopez Gonzalez) Weapons Pentagon could award just 3 vendors for biggest phase of Drone Dominance Program
The Pentagon anticipates buying 150,000 drones in the final phase of the initiative.
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A Standard Missile-3 Block IIA is fired from a Vertical Launching System on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam as part of Flight Experiment Mission-02, on December 10, 2024. (courtesy photo/released) Space DIU looks to prototype affordable fire-control sensors for enhanced missile defense
The organization intends to launch selected sensor and seeker prototypes into space for a demonstration no later than two years after it contracts vendors.
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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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U.S. Rep. Pat Ryan (D-NY) speaks during a Democratic Steering and Policy Committee hearing in the U.S. Capitol on April 10, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images) Tech House Defense Modernization Caucus touts key reforms it helped secure in 2026 NDAA
“Congress is giving the Pentagon the tools it needs to succeed,” Rep. Pat Ryan, the caucus’ co-chair, told DefenseScoop.
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Mike Madsen speaks June 5, 2019, at FedTalks in Washington, D.C. (FedScoop) Tech Data intel startup Obviant taps Mike Madsen as first VP for national security
“For Obviant, the special sauce is the data, but it’s really the fusion of the data and it’s the analytics,” Madsen told DefenseScoop.