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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Multinational ships sail in formation July 22, off the coast of Hawaii during Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Evan Diaz)

Navy’s Project Overmatch steams ahead at RIMPAC

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Autonomous underwater robot drone for seabed exploration and deep sea video filming in wireframe low poly mesh. (Getty Images)

Navy to test automated target recognition capabilities for undersea warfare

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A crewmember aboard a CH-47 Chinook helicopter observes the landscape over Grafenwoehr, Germany, February 15, 2024. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. David Resnick)

DISA’s overseas cloud efforts gain JOEmentum in Europe

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Pentagon awards nearly $1B in JWCC task orders

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DISA looking at ‘retooling’ Stratus cloud offering

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Washington DC - Capitol and money — Washington DC – Capitol (Getty Images)

Senate appropriators recommend ‘full funding’ for Replicator — and potentially even more money

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U.S. Marines assigned to Defensive Cyberspace Operations – Internal Defensive Measures Company, 9th Communication Battalion, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, review network configurations in the current operations tent at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Oct. 1, 2018. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Cutler Brice)

Marines get the green light to be ‘Phantoms’ at Air Force’s AI accelerator

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Air Force Gen. James B. Hecker, U.S. Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa commander, speaks to the winners of the major command’s 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 2023, during a ceremony at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, May 14, 2024. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alexandra M. Longfellow)

USAFE commander expects new drones to ‘change quite a few things’ for Air Force readiness

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KuRFS and Coyote provide the detect and defeat components of the U.S. Army’s counter-UAS solution, called LIDS: the Low, slow, small, unmanned aircraft Integrated Defeat System. (RTX image)

Pentagon to test whether counter-drone systems can operate effectively under electronic attack

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