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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Photo of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab’s Kossiakoff Center. (Photo courtesy of JHU-APL)

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab lands Pentagon RDT&E contract worth up to $10.6B

R&D

A ScanEagle flies into a retrieval wire at Camp Taji, Iraq, on June, 28, 2011. (Photo by Spc. Darriel Swatts)

US to provide ScanEagle drones to Ukraine

Weapons

Illustration of a hypersonic missile (Getty Images)

Pentagon issues new awards to universities to work on hypersonics tech

Emerging Tech

Deputy Chief of Staff, G-6 Lt. Gen. John B. Morrison, Jr. highlighted Army Risk Management Framework reforms during keynote remarks at the three-day Armed Forces Communications Electronics Association’s TechNet Cyber event at the Baltimore Convention Center on April 26, 2022. (DoD photo)

Army to kick off ‘bring your own device’ pilot in coming weeks

IT

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New DOD social media policy highlights threat of imposter accounts

IT

Master Sgt. John Malloy and Staff Sgt. Jacob Puente secure the AGM-183A Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon Instrumented Measurement Vehicle 2 as it is loaded under the wing of a B-52H Stratofortress at Edwards Air Force Base, California, Aug. 6, 2020. (Air Force photo by Giancarlo Casem)

‘Extremely aggressive’ schedule set for next phase of ARRW hypersonic weapons testing

Weapons

Vice Adm. Jon Hill testifies at a House Armed Services Committee hearing March 12, 2020.

MDA’s role in upcoming homeland cruise missile defense demo now unclear

Weapons

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Air Force Research Lab seeks new algorithms to enhance space situational awareness

AI

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Watchdog dings Defense Department’s alternative PNT programs for incomplete business cases

IT