Jon Harper

Jon Harper is Managing Editor of DefenseScoop, the Scoop News Group’s online publication focused on the Pentagon and its pursuit of new capabilities. He leads an award-winning team of journalists in providing breaking news and in-depth analysis on military technology and the ways in which it is shaping how the Defense Department operates and modernizes. You can also follow him on X (the social media platform formerly known as Twitter) @Jon_Harper_

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Members of the Tennessee Army National Guard Defensive Cyber Operation Element (DCOE) augments cyber security during Cyber Shield 2022 at the Army National Guard’s Professional Education Center on Camp Robinson, North Little Rock, Arkansas on June 12. (U.S. Army photo by Illinois National Guard Capt. Clarissa Estrada).

Army asking Congress for billions in 2024 to implement zero trust, cloud transition, BYOD and other digital transformation efforts

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The Pentagon (Getty Images)

Pentagon requesting more than $3B for AI, JADC2

AI

An XQ-58A Valkyrie low-cost unmanned aerial vehicle launches at the Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz., Dec. 9, 2020. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua King)

Air Force requests approximately $500M in fiscal 2024 to launch new CCA drone program

Weapons

A common hypersonic glide body (C-HGB) launches from Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauai, Hawaii, March 19, 2020, during a Department of Defense flight experiment. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)

Pentagon cancels hypersonic missile test due to battery issue

Weapons

An Air Force Research Lab conceptual design for an Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (Artwork courtesy of AFRL)

White House’s fiscal 2024 budget aims to accelerate combat drone development and procurement

Weapons

Artist’s rendering of a GA-ASI designed LongShot unmanned aerial vehicle firing a missile. (GA-ASI image)

DARPA’s LongShot air-launched drone program approaching key milestones

Weapons

Marines with Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command conduct offensive and defensive cyber operations in support of United States Cyber Command and operate, secure and defend the Marine Corps Enterprise Network. (Marine Corps photo)

Marine Corps says development of AI-enabled talent management portal is a ‘must-pay bill’

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An Area-I Air-Launched, Tube-Integrated, Unmanned System, or ALTIUS, sails through the skies at Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz. (Photo by Jose Mejia-Betancourth/CCDC AvMC Technology Development Directorate)

US commits to procuring a variety of additional drones for Ukraine on anniversary of Russian invasion

Weapons

Army Futures Command’s Software Factory operations taking place on March 22, 2021 in Austin, Texas. (U.S. Army Photo by Mr. Luke J. Allen)

Army chief envisions software coders defeating ‘camouflage of the future’

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