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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Close-up of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) sign outside its main headquarters in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)

GAO: Pentagon hasn’t fully implemented key practices for managing ICT supply chain risks

IT

The front entrance sign to Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center, Indiana. (Photo by Ashley Roy)

New TREX technology readiness experimentation campaign kicks off at Camp Atterbury

Emerging Tech

DARPA Director Stefanie Tompkins speaks during a fireside chat at DefenseTalks 2023. (DefenseScoop)

DARPA working on cybersecurity tech that could free people from having to change their passwords

Cyber

How US Central Command’s task forces are shaping the future of operational AI

AI

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Commercial satellite imagery services included in new $1.2B Ukraine security assistance package

Space

(Cropped from image by Michelle Strother, U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center)

Army asking for industry’s input on testing and securing data sets that enable AI applications

AI

Philippines President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. (L), is escorted by U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin (R) during an arrival ceremony at the Pentagon May 3, 2023 in Arlington, Virginia. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Cybersecurity features prominently in new US-Philippines bilateral defense guidelines

Cyber

Airmen from the 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron munitions flight load an AIM-120D Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile onto an F-15E Strike Eagle during an integrated combat turn training event at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, March 3, 2021. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Greg Erwin)

More drones, more problems? The Air Force needs additional missiles for collaborative combat aircraft

Weapons

A Mine Countermeasure Unmanned Surface Vehicle (MCM USV) is recovered onboard USS Manchester (LCS 14) during Unmanned Influence Sweep System initial operational test and evaluation, June 2021. (Navy photo)

Navy’s robotics-enabled mine countermeasures mission package achieves initial operational capability

Weapons