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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Deputy Secretary of Defense nominee Kathleen Hicks reacts to the start of her Senate confirmation hearing in Washington, D.C. Feb. 2, 2021. (DoD photo by EJ Hersom)

Pentagon’s Hicks puts pressure on new AI office to deliver results

AI

GM Defense all-electric military concept vehicle (GM Defense photo)

Lawmakers want Army to take closer look at electrifying tactical vehicles

Defense

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DOD faces workforce challenges for AI test and evaluation

AI

An Air Force Research Lab conceptual design for an Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (Artwork courtesy of AFRL)

Air Force sees 2 business models for integrating robotic wingmen into combat formations

Defense

Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall makes remarks during the Senior Leader Orientation Course at Joint Base Andrews, Md., April 11, 2022. (U.S. Air Force photo by Eric Dietrich)

Air Force’s next-gen fighter program transitions to critical development phase

Defense

The NATO flag. (Getty Images)

Emerging tech to have prominent role in NATO’s new strategic concept

Emerging Tech

A U.S. Soldier of 4th Battalion, 319th Field Artillery Regiment, 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), communicates over the radio during Saber Junction 18 at the U.S. Army’s Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, Sept. 23 , 2018. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Dhy’Nysha Shaw)

Ukraine-Russia war teaching US military a lesson about secure communications

Defense

U.S. Army General Christopher Cavoli testifies during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on May 26, 2022 in Washington, DC. Gen. Cavoli has been nominated by President Joe Biden to be the commander of United States European Command and commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s Allied Command Operations. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

General tapped for NATO supreme command vows to prioritize cyber, information ops

Defense

U.S. Marines launch a lethal miniature aerial missile system during an exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Sept. 2, 2020. (Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Tyler Forti)

American kamikazes: Pentagon has big plans for suicide drones

Defense