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 NASAMS firing an AMRAAM missile. (Kongsberg)

New $1B arms package for Ukraine includes munitions that can shoot down cruise missiles, drones

Weapons

Composite image of modern city network communication concept (Getty Images)

Upcoming SOFWERX event to tackle challenges associated with omnipresent sensor networks

IT

An aerial view of the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., May 11, 2021. (DOD photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Brittany A. Chase)

Senior Air Force official voices caution about increasing OSD’s involvement in JADC2

IT

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Pentagon backs new hub for developing, testing 6G technology

Emerging Tech

A hypersonic sled travels 6,400-feet per second on a monorail and is recovered as part of the Hypersonic Sled Recovery effort at the Arnold Engineering Development Complex High Speed Test Track at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico. (U.S. Air Force photo)

Senators propose big boost in funding to upgrade DOD’s test ranges

Weapons

The Defense Information Systems Agency building complex at Fort Meade, Md., Jan. 2, 2013. (DoD photo by Thomas L. Burton/Released)

DISA expanding Thunderdome cybersecurity project to include classified network

Cyber

An unmanned aerial system, operated by the 380th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, flies over Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates during an exercise at the base, Dec. 3, 2021. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Dan Heaton)

New legislation would slash DOD funding for counter-drone systems

Weapons

Abraham Denmark (Photo courtesy of Wilson Center)

Pentagon chief appoints new senior adviser for AUKUS tech initiative

IT

U.S. Capitol Building (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Senate appropriations bill would double-down on tactical AI for combatant commands

AI