Trump picks new combatant commanders
The commander-in-chief this week nominated officers to lead U.S. European Command, Central Command, Africa Command and Special Operations Command.
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Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to speak during an election night event at the Palm Beach Convention Center on November 06, 2024 in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Tech -
Screenshot of John Phelan testifying at his confirmation hearing with the Senate Armed Services Committee, Feb. 27. 2025. Tech Trump’s Navy secretary nominee endorses joint collaboration with Air Force on drone enablers
If confirmed, John Phelan — a businessman and co-founder of MSD Capital — would take the helm of the department as it pursues new drones and a hybrid fleet of manned and unmanned systems, among other modernization efforts.
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U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (Feb. 13, 2025) Navy Diver 3rd class John Tichenor, attached to Commander, Task Group (CTG) 56.1, enters the water during a surface supplied dive as part of the International Maritime Exercise 25. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Thomas Brown/DVIDS) Tech Navy aims to expand maritime security cooperation in latest multinational Middle East exercise
More than 5,000 military personnel from across roughly 35 nations and international groups are embarking on a 12-day, U.S.-led event.
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220722-A-YK067-1035 MANAMA, Bahrain (July 22, 2022) Unmanned surface vessels sit as static displays, in Manama, Bahrain, July 22, 2022. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Terry Vongsouthi) Emerging Tech Central Command gets new chief technology officer
Joy Angela Shanaberger said she wants to scale up Centcom’s innovation efforts.
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The Pentagon (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Marisol Walker) Cyber How the Pentagon is moving to counter converging IT and OT threats
The Pentagon is adapting to the expanding integration of information systems with operational technologies that control physical assets.
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Nov. 5, 2024 — An unmanned surface vessel, equipped with an aerial missile system, sails to its position for launch during exercise Digital Talon 3.0 in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. (Photo by Spc. Karla Guerrero) Weapons Navy plying new tactics while pairing kamikaze drones with robo-ships
The latest Digital Talon exercise, conducting earlier this month in the Middle East region, included a variety of robotic capabilities that could play a significant role in future conflicts.
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From center, Schuyler Moore, U.S. Central Command chief technology officer, speaks with Task Force 99 at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, Nov. 21, 2022. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ashley N. Mikaio) Tech Centcom’s first CTO Schuyler Moore moves on to Navy intel role in Europe
Moore said in an email that while she’s sad to leave her team at U.S. Central Command, she’s looking forward to gaining more experience in uniform.
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PACIFIC OCEAN (May 3, 2023) A global advanced reconnaissance craft is deployed in the Pacific Ocean during the U.S. Pacific Fleet’s Integrated Battle Problem (IBP) 23.1. IBP 23.1 is a U.S. Pacific Fleet experiment, executed by U.S. 3rd Fleet, operationalizing multi-domain employment of unmanned systems to create fleet warfighting advantages. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Derek Kelley) Tech Navy CNO unveils ‘Project 33’ with a heavy emphasis on robotic systems, information dominance
The forthcoming push is part of Adm. Lisa Franchetti’s “CNO Navigation Plan.”
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Inside U.S. Cyber Command at Fort Meade, Maryland. (Josef Cole / DOD / U.S. Cyber Command) Op-Ed An argument against establishing a U.S. Cyber Force
“Some academics, military leaders and politicians believe that establishing a U.S. Cyber Force will address challenges faced by the DOD cyberspace operations community. We disagree,” Alan Brian Long Jr. and Maj. Alexander Pytlar write in this Op-Ed for DefenseScoop.
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Schuyler Moore
Most Inspiring Up-and-Comer Schuyler Moore, the chief technology officer for U.S. Central Command, is perhaps an up-and-comer only in that she’s still relatively early on in her career. But in the less than a decade since she graduated from Harvard with her bachelor’s degree in political science, she’s gone on to quickly rise through the […]