Jon Harper

Jon Harper is Managing Editor of DefenseScoop, the Scoop News Group’s newest online publication focused on the Pentagon and its pursuit of new capabilities. 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 Twitter @Jon_Harper_

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Biden issues EO to stop US investment in Chinese AI, microelectronics and quantum tech

AI

Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment William LaPlante holds a press brief at the Pentagon, May 6, 2022. (DoD Photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class James K. Lee)

Pentagon acquisition chief optimistic — but not certain — that hypersonics will transition into production soon

Defense

drone, uav, uas, unmanned, artificial intelligence — (Getty Images) UAV with camera.

Air Force sees opportunities to scale production of drones, software for wars of attrition

Defense

Guertin (right) tours the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD), March 23, 2022. (Photo by Edward Cartagena)

Biden taps Nickolas Guertin to be Navy’s acquisition chief

Defense

Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen H. Hicks briefs media during a press briefing at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Sept. 22, 2021. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Brittany A. Chase)

Hicks says Pentagon moving too slowly in transitioning DARPA tech to warfighters

Defense

707th Communications Squadron client system technicians update software for computers that will be used on Air Force networks at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Alexandre Montes)

Air Force awards $5.7B contract for enterprise IT as a service

Defense

An XQ-58A Valkyrie low-cost unmanned aerial vehicle launches at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz., Dec. 9, 2020. The flight successfully demonstrated the ability of new communications data to exchange information with an F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning II (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua King)

Air Force considering wide range of options to team robotic wingmen with other platforms

Defense

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L3Harris reveals delivery timeline for VAMPIRE systems for Ukraine

Defense

A Carrier Strike Group transits the Pacific Ocean Jan. 25, 2020. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jason Isaacs)

Navy on track to deploy Project Overmatch capabilities with carrier strike group in early 2023

Defense