Mikayla Easley

Mikayla Easley reports on the Pentagon’s acquisition and use of emerging technologies. Prior to joining DefenseScoop, she covered national security and the defense industry for National Defense Magazine. She received a BA in Russian language and literature from the University of Michigan and a MA in journalism from the University of Missouri. You can follow her on Twitter @MikaylaEasley

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U.S. Space Force Lt. Gen. Stephen Whiting, Commander of Space Operations Command, participates in a panel discussion at the 2023 Air and Space Forces Association Warfare Symposium in Aurora, Colorado, March 7, 2023. (U.S. Space Force photo by Dave Grim)

Biden nominates Space Force’s Whiting to helm Space Command

Space

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Senators push DOD to create enterprisewide ICAM program of record

IT

U.S. Air Force General Charles Brown testifies during his confirmation hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on July 11, 2023 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Gen. Brown vows to keep foot on the gas for Pentagon modernization efforts as head of Joint Chiefs

Tech

Master Sgt. Kyle Pearson (left), Headquarters Air Mobility Command expeditionary communications functional area manager, and Tech. Sgt. Kevin Koenig, 621st Contingency Response Support Squadron tactical radio communications section chief, provides communication from a Nomad GCS Tactical Control Vehicle at a simulated austere base during the Advanced Battle Management System exercise on Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Sept. 1, 2020. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Cory D. Payne)

For C2 modernization, Air Force moving away from ‘big bang acquisition’

Emerging Tech

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

DARPA’s LongShot drone program reaches final demonstration and test phase

Weapons

Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (Artist rendering)

US Space Command wants more maneuverable satellites on orbit by 2028

Space

This photo illustration created on April 13, 2023, shows the suspect, national guardsman Jack Teixeira, reflected in an image of the Pentagon in Washington, DC. - FBI agents on Thursday arrested a young national guardsman suspected of being behind a major leak of sensitive US government secrets -- including about the Ukraine war. US Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the arrest made "in connection with an investigation into alleged unauthorized removal, retention and transmission of classified national defense information." (Photo by Stefani REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images) — This photo illustration created on April 13, 2023, shows the suspect, national guardsman Jack Teixeira, reflected in an image of the Pentagon in Washington, DC. (Photo by STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Sec. Austin issues new guidance to streamline Pentagon’s protection of classified information

IT

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HAC-D chair wants to give new DIU director more flexibility to aggressively buy commercial tech

Emerging Tech

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Space Force insufficiently equipped to deter conflict over Taiwan, senior official warns

Space