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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U.S. Marines with Company E, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, assault a beach during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2016 at Marine Corps Base, Hawaii, July 30, 2016. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Sandra Garduno)

Berger: Marines need to ‘make up ground’ in incorporating unmanned systems into amphibious operations

AI

Rendering of an optionally manned fighting vehicle (U.S. Army)

Army taps General Dynamics, American Rheinmetall for next phases of optionally manned fighting vehicle program

Weapons

Spanish soldiers load into a U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook during Defender Europe 2023 at Zaragoza Air Base, Spain, May 15, 2023. Defender Europe 2023 (DE23) is a U.S. European Command multi-national, joint exercise aimed to increase readiness and interoperability between U.S. and NATO allies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Katie Tamesis)

US Army working to plug European allies into forthcoming JADC2 networks

Weapons

Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall delivers an address to Air Force Academy cadets during their graduation ceremony at Falcon Stadium on May 25, 2022 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. (Photo by Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)

Kendall: Generative AI tech like ChatGPT currently has limited military utility

AI

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New INDUS X initiative aims to boost US and Indian startups, promote defense tech collaboration

Emerging Tech

A woman walks under a sign of big data analytics US software company Palantir at their stand ahead of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on May 22, 2022. (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)

Palantir racks up more than $100M in new Air Force contract awards to provide data-as-a-service

IT

DefenseScoop’s Brandi Vincent interviews Maynard Holliday at DefenseTalks 2023.

Pentagon planning joint development efforts for ‘multimodal’ generative AI

AI

The Variable In-flight Simulator Aircraft (VISTA) flies in the skies over Edwards Air Force Base, California, shortly after receiving its new paint scheme in early 2019. The aircraft was redesignated from NF-16D to the X-62A, June 14, 2021. F-16 AI agents developed under DARPA’s Air Combat Evolution (ACE) program controlled the X-62A during test flights over Edwards AFB, California, in December 2022. (Air Force photo by Christian Turner)

DOD issues open call to industry seeking new tools for evaluating warfighter trust in AI-enabled systems

AI

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Pentagon’s Chief Digital and AI Office leading another ‘global information dominance’ JADC2 experiment

AI