Jon Harper

Jon Harper is Editor-in-Chief of DefenseScoop. 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: @Jon_Harper_

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A U.S. Air Force Academy cadet wears a Task Force 99 patch at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, June 22, 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jennifer Zima)

Air Force preparing to buy new long-endurance drones for Task Force 99 in Middle East

Tech

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SDA adds new prime vendor for proliferated warfighter architecture

Space

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

IT

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

AI

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

IT

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Pentagon awards nearly $1B in JWCC task orders

IT

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DISA looking at ‘retooling’ Stratus cloud offering

IT

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

Weapons

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

AI