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B-52 Stratofortresses from the 5th Bomb Wing takeoff at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., Oct. 26. 2025. The U.S. Northern Command Counter-small Unmanned Aerial System fly-away kit is seen in the foreground. (Department of Defense photo by John Ingle)

Pentagon broadens counter-drone authorities in bid to shore up vulnerable U.S. bases

Countering drones in the U.S. is complex and has been a yearslong, thorny problem for the military.

By Drew F. Lawrence

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks alongside Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine (R) during a meeting with Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, on January 15, 2026. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)

New U.S. defense strategy ‘barely mentions technology’

Tech

By Brandi Vincent

Sign with logo for Salesforce is visible on office tower in San Francisco, California, November 20, 2025. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

Salesforce lands Army contract worth up to $5.6B for data analytics, cloud capabilities

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By Jon Harper

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Advana updates left out of annual Pentagon financial report as major transition emerges

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DISA moving out on Mission Network-as-a-Service effort in 2026

By Mikayla Easley
MARSOC wants intel specialists amid high demand, limited personnel pool

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Some Marines could receive $50K retention bonus ‘kickers’ if they reenlist and switch their MOS

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Army to ‘kill NIPR’ at multiple locations in commercial internet experiment

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Hegseth directs DOD leaders to soon issue bonuses up to $25K to high-performing civilian employees

In a Dec. 15 memo to Pentagon leadership, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered officials to reward high performers.

By Jon Harper

People bear Greenlandic flags as they gather in front of the U.S. consulate protest against U.S. President Donald Trump and his announced intent to acquire Greenland on January 17, 2026 in Nuuk, Greenland. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

With Trump-NATO deal on Greenland unclear, experts push allies to expand Arctic drone presence

Defense experts briefed reporters on CEPA’s latest findings in the recently released study, "High Stakes in the High North."

By Brandi Vincent

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Shelton Armstrong, a Robertsdale, Alabama native and a maintenance management chief with 2d Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, works on his computer on Marine Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Oct. 1, 2024. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Brian Bolin Jr.)

Marine Corps makes GenAI.mil its official enterprise AI platform as older systems get sidelined

“Until this point, there was no enterprise solution for USMC users,” Capt. Christopher Clark, the service’s AI lead, told DefenseScoop. “GenAI.mil is the first true enterprise solution…

By Drew F. Lawrence

U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Carl Taylor, an information systems technician assigned to Electronics Support Detachment Mayport, Florida, reimages newly assigned laptops delivered to Coast Guard Sector Jacksonville, Florida, April 5, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Barry Bena)

Coast Guard hustling to refine and scale genAI ‘Ask Hamilton’ prototype

The Coast Guard's cloud, data and AI branch chief Cmdr. Jonathan White shared new details about his team's plan ahead for the platform.

By Brandi Vincent

Marine Corps to replace corroding struts across its new ACV fleet

By Drew F. Lawrence

Army expects to complete fielding of Dark Eagle hypersonic missile in ‘early 2026’

By Mikayla Easley

Army seeks acoustic detection systems to counter small drones

By Jon Harper

Trump taps Marine general as DIA director

By Drew F. Lawrence

Navy’s F/A-XX next-gen fighter program would get nearly $1B in FY26 funding bill

By Mikayla Easley

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Lockheed Martin and GE Aerospace have demonstrated a liquid-fueled rotating detonation ramjet engine that could enable missiles to fly faster and farther, while costing a lot less to build compared to other ramjet options. (Lockheed Martin photo)

Lockheed Martin, GE Aerospace demo novel ramjet engine for hypersonic weapons

DIA headquarters at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington, D.C. (Photo source: DIA website)

Defense Intelligence Agency seeks AI validation tools as Hegseth pushes for tech deployments

US Army Lt. Gen. Joshua M. Rudd, nominee for Director of the National Security Agency, Chief of Central Security Service, and Command of US Cyber Command, testifies during a Senate Committee on Armed Services hearing on his nomination on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on January 15, 2026. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump’s cyber chief pick tells lawmakers he’ll assess efficacy of Cybercom-NSA dual-hat role, if confirmed

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GDIT tapped to deliver zero-trust security solution at nearly 200 Air Force bases

The medium displacement unmanned surface vessels Seahawk, front, and Sea Hunter launch for the U.S. Pacific Fleet’s Unmanned Systems Integrated Battle Problem 21. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Thomas Gooley)

Navy ramping up sea drone arsenal as officials aim for half of the surface fleet to be unmanned by 2045

A drone detonates an inflatable tank at Camp Blanding, Florida on Jan. 8, 2026 during a military drone swarm demonstration. (Screenshot from Pentagon video).

U.S. military says it conducted the first kinetic drone swarm on American soil during a recent exercise

An L3Harris T7 Multi-Mission Robotics System inspects a suspicious bag during a peacetime improvised explosive device exercise at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, May 14, 2025. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Trenten Walters)

L3Harris lands EOD disposal robot award for the Navy and Marine Corps

Katie Arrington delivers a keynote at DefenseTalks in December 2025. (DefenseScoop)

Katie Arrington lands in industry as CIO of quantum company IonQ

Adm. Daryl Caudle utilizes the 1MC announcement system from the bridge of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG 87) to address the crew during a ship visit, Aug. 13, 2024. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Nathan T. Beard)

Navy CNO says Golden Fleet battleship won’t be nuclear powered

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Navy hopes Golden Fleet battleships will solve capacity limits of destroyers

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks at Starbase,Texas, on Jan 12, 2026. (DOD photo posted on X)

‘Accelerate like hell’: Hegseth moves to reshape DOD’s AI and tech hubs

A helicopter at Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona flies as part of an exercise that developed a workable algorithm to help facilitate the acoustic trilateration of air to surface missiles and other helicopter rounds collected from arrays of microphones and hydrophones on the post’s highly instrumented ranges. (U.S. Army photo).

Army moves to assess AI’s ‘unpredictable behaviors’ and safeguard autonomous systems

Space Force guardians monitor computer workstations, Dec. 18, 2025, at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. (Photo by David Dozoretz)

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