In conversations this week, sources revealed who is functioning in some of the Pentagon's key technology-focused roles during the early days of Trump's second term.
Pete Hegseth, US President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Defense Secretary, testifies during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill on January 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)
DefenseScoop reviewed Pete Hegseth's answers to the Senate Armed Services Committee’s advance policy questions submitted ahead of his confirmation hearing.
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks to members of the media during a press conference at the Mar-a-Lago Club on January 07, 2025 in Palm Beach, Florida. Trump will be sworn in as the 47th president of the United States on January 20. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Peter Grasso, an aviation communication technician with 3d Low Altitude Air Defense, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 362 (Rein.), 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, controls a Light Marine Air Defense Integrated System to conduct counter unmanned aerial surveillance aboard amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8), Dec. 14, 2022. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Carl Matthew Ruppert)
"For Replicator 2, we have a similar challenge with command and control across these systems, so we're starting that now. And so we're going to get ahead…
The Defense Department is winding down Task Force Lima and launching a new initiative focused on accelerating the delivery of new generative artificial intelligence capabilities.
The visit came a day after Austin issued a new classified strategy laying out the department’s contemporary approach for countering intensifying uncrewed system threats to U.S. military…
Air Force Brig. Gen. Michael McGinley, director of GigEagle Agile Talent Ecosystem initiative, gives a presentation at an event sponsored by Defense Acquisition University in Fort Belvoir, Va., June 5, 2024. (Photo credit: Nicole Brate, DOD)
