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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Space Development Agency Director Derek Tournear is interviewed by DefenseScoop Managing Editor Jon Harper at DefenseTalks, Sept. 15, 2022.

Tournear: Deorbiting services could have cost-saving benefits for SDA

Space

Rendering of Northrop Grumman’s GAS-T design that will leverage an ESPAStar-D satellite platform to add fuel and extend the life of in-orbit assets. (Northrop Grumman image)

Space Force looks to ramp up space mobility, logistics research in FY ’25

Space

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Space Development Agency would get $4.3B in FY ’25 budget request

Space

Rendering of a L3Harris missile warning satellite (L3Harris image)

Space Force prioritizes missile warning, tracking satellites in fiscal 2025 budget

Space

B-52 Stratofortress crews from the 23rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota and the 49th Test and Evaluation Squadron, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, participated in hypersonic weapon familiarization training at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Feb. 27, 2024. Hypersonics is an attribute being pursued for advanced munitions. The Department of Defense is developing hypersonic science and technology to ensure the U.S. can rapidly transition operational hypersonic systems. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Pedro Tenorio)

Air Force not planning to buy any ARRW hypersonic missiles in fiscal 2025

Weapons

Department of the Air Force Chief Data and Artificial Intelligence Officer Eileen Vidrine speaks during Microsoft’s Federal Innovation Series. (Scoop News Group photo)

Eileen Vidrine set to retire as Air Force CDAO by end of March

AI

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Eric Eash, 22nd Airlift Squadron flight engineer, codes an application May 12, 2021, at the Gonge Innovation Lab at Travis Air Force Base, California. (U.S. Air Force photo by Chustine Minoda)

Air Force needs more software developers for modernization efforts, acquisition chief says

Emerging Tech

Screenshot from an Air Force video about Kessel Run’s C2IMERA team and industry partners from Leidos and the role they played providing situational awareness during a Noncombatant Evacuation Operation. (Video by Richard Blumenstein)

Leidos gets nod from Kessel Run to scale Air Force’s C2IMERA software to additional locations

Emerging Tech

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Air Force wants ‘holistic’ solutions to improve data hygiene, harness AI

AI