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Operation Jailbreak

Tech specialists discuss modern, adaptive solutions that work regardless of connectivity at GDIT’s ‘Battlespace of the Future’ summit. Panelists include, from left: Scoop News Group’s Billy Mitchell, Navy’s Michael Frank, Air Force’s Julianne Lefebvre, and GDIT’s Ben Gianni. (Scoop News Group photo)
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Defense leaders are redefining what it means to operate at the edge

Tech specialists from the Navy, Air Force and GDIT say modern, adaptive solutions that work regardless of connectivity are key to the battlespace of the future.
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Defense leaders discuss changing role of data management at GDIT’s ‘Battlespace of the Future’ summit. Panelists include, from left: Scoop News Group SVP Billy Mitchell, DOW Assistant Secretary Joseph Jewell, Army Lt. Gen. Jeth Rey, and GDIT President Amy Gilliland. (Photo by Scoop News Group)
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In the Battlespace of the Future, Data is the Decisive Munition

Leaders from the U.S. Army, DOW, and GDIT highlight data and technology shifts needed to speed decision-making and strengthen mission advantage.
Six defense companies built a “hunter-killer” drone team during the Army’s Operation Jailbreak. One senses the target and the other shoots it down, moving in tandem. The “killer” robot is shown here. (Photo courtesy of AZAK)

Two days, one drone killer: How defense companies built a wheeled counter-UAS robot at the Army’s Operation Jailbreak

While there will be “some moving pieces” to work out for mass development, one CEO said, the first step in pumping out the counter-drone vehicle is for…
Spc. Daniel Novak, a signal operations support specialist conducts a pre-mission inspection of a Stryker combat vehicle during Ivy Mass at Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site, Colorado, May 17, 2026. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Jacob Cruz)

Operation Jailbreak: the Army’s massive push to hack its own systems and make them talk to each other

No business developers, keen on growing their company’s margins, were allowed – only engineers keen on solving code. A company’s “ticket to entry” amounted to a willingness…
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