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Michael Coulter, then-CEO of Hanwha Global Defense, speaks during the Warsaw Security Forum 2025 in Warsaw, Poland, on September 30, 2025. (Photo by Marek Antoni Iwanczuk/NurPhoto via Getty Images).

HDUSA wants to replicate South Korea’s ‘war footing’ industrial capacity in America

HDUSA’s CEO and President Michael Coulter shared new details about the plans in an exclusive interview with DefenseScoop.

4 days ago By Brandi Vincent

Aerial photograph of the eastern entrance of the Pentagon. (Getty Images)

Pentagon CIO gets new strategic technical advisor

The appointment comes amid a push by the department to modernize its IT and cybersecurity tools, streamline procurement, and figure out the way ahead for the controversial…

4 days ago By Jon Harper

Acting Secretary of the Army Adam Telle speaks during the Opening Ceremony of the 2026 Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Annual Meeting and Exposition at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., Oct. 12, 2026. (U.S. Army photo by Christopher Kaufmann)

Telle says Army will ‘find the weak links’ in the industrial supply chain through ‘manufacturing rodeo’

Acting Army Secretary Adam Telle provided few details about the initiative at the annual AUSA conference in Washington, D.C., Monday, but said the rodeo constitutes a “race”…

Oct 12, 2026 By Drew F. Lawrence

How embedded agents are accelerating defense AI adoption

Microsoft Copilot illustrates how AI agents, built within commonly used, pre-approved and secure defense environments, can boost employee productivity.

Oct 5, 2026 By Joe Kopacz

U.S. Marines with Marine Aircraft Group 12 set up c-wire for a temporary sensitive compartmented information facility at Gwangju Air Base, Republic of Korea, during the Fiscal Year 2023 Korea Flying Training, April 19, 2023. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Tyler Harmon)

Pentagon kicks off pursuit of mobile SCIFs to aid defense companies

The initiative has been dubbed the “Secure Space Network."

Sep 3, 2026 By Jon Harper

Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao boards Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) to observe Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) rigging and extrication training on Aug. 6, 2026. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class August Clawson)

Navy boss launches defense industrial base office

Andrew Magliochetti has been appointed deputy assistant secretary of the Navy for the defense industrial base.

Aug 24, 2026 By Jon Harper

Pausing CMMC cannot mean pausing accountability

The answer is to modernize accountability through an enterprise model that combines a formalized independent assessment, continuous external monitoring, and shared remediation support where small suppliers cannot…

Aug 20, 2026 By Lonny Anderson

President Donald Trump speaks with Secretary of War Pete Hegseth at the Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit at U.S. Army War College on July 15, 2026 in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Trump authorizes use of AI for defense supply chain mapping

The president issued an EO this week on “Securing America’s Defense Supply Chains and Ensuring Domestic Acquisition of Critical Materials."

Jul 23, 2026 By Jon Harper

Participants discuss how emerging tech can drive breakthroughs in lethality at GDIT’s ‘Battlespace of the Future’ summit. Panelists include, from left: DefenseScoop Editor-in-Chief Jon Harper, General Dynamics Ordnance & Tactical Systems’ Chris Haynes, Army Lt. Col. William Taylor, Army’s Bhavanjot Singh, Marine Corps Col. Matthew Ritchie, and Rep. Patrick Harrigan (NC-10). (Scoop News Group photo)

How adaptive weapons and trusted autonomy are reshaping the future of fires

The next leap in lethality will depend less on advanced weapons alone and more on software-driven munitions that can adapt, scale and earn commanders’ trust.

Jul 23, 2026 By Scoop News Group

Department of Defense Chief Information Officer Kirsten Davies delivers remarks at a CIO town hall at the Mark Center, Alexandria Va., Feb. 10, 2026. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Kubitza)

Pentagon task force to review CMMC hits the ground running

The task force held its first meeting Thursday, just days removed from CIO Kirsten Davies initiating a pause of CMMC phase 2 requirements and a review of…

Jul 17, 2026 By Billy Mitchell