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DIU reshaping its tech priorities and portfolio teams under new leadership

DefenseScoop has early details about a major reorganization effort and shake-up that was recently initiated by DIU's new director, Owen West.

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Illinois governor signs AI safety law requiring audits of frontier models

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Pentagon awards $80M task order for AI-enabled tech to defend Air Force bases against small drones

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Sysdig clocks first documented case of agentic ransomware

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Finding vulnerabilities was never the hard part

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Air Force, Space Force combine multiple AI tools in latest battle management experiment

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Republicans want data scientists at the IRS. Trump axed those roles last year, Dems say

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NNSA aims to balance modernization, asset protection amid Genesis Mission

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Rob Lehman: Reflections on the Saronic-Powered Rescue Mission in the Strait of Hormuz

US lifts restrictions on Anthropic’s Mythos and Fable

Russell Vought says there are no plans for a DOGE after-action report

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Rob Lehman: Reflections on the Saronic-Powered Rescue Mission in the Strait of Hormuz

Rob Lehman, Co- Founder and COO of Saronic, shares lessons learned from the rescue mission as well as his insights on the changing nature of the defense…

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US lifts restrictions on Anthropic’s Mythos and Fable

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U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth hosts a drone demonstration at the Pentagon, July 10, 2025. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alondra Y. Lopez Gonzalez)

Hegseth realigning DOD’s scattered unmanned and autonomy work under new drone boss

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Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins takes his seat at the witness table for the House Veterans Affairs Committee hearing on “Opportunities with VHA Reorganization” in the Cannon House Office Building on Feb. 11, 2026. John Bartrum, under secretary for health, is seated to the left. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

VA health secretary quits less than a year into tenure

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AWS, Anduril debut new tactical data center offering listed on DOD’s cloud marketplace

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OMB eyes AI tool to flag grants that don’t align with Trump’s agenda

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Russell Vought says there are no plans for a DOGE after-action report

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US lifting export control restrictions on Anthropic’s Mythos, Fable

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CIA restructures tech, acquisition offices for the age of AI

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Trump administration announces ‘War Force’ effort

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IT experts from Defense Intelligence Agency and GDIT discuss AI modernization — Defense Intelligence Agency CIO E.P. Mathew (right), speaking with GDIT SVP Aaron Bedrowski, discusses DIA’s shift to policy-driven, data-centric computing environments, during GDIT’s ‘Battlespace of the Future’ summit. (Scoop News Group photo)

How the Defense Intelligence Agency is fast-tracking data and AI modernization

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Panelists at a defense conference. — Defense security leaders discuss the growing convergence of cyber and kinetic assets at GDIT’s ‘Battlespace of the Future’ summit. Panelists include, from left: Scoop News Group’s Billy Mitchell, U.S. Space Force’s Charlene Laughlin, U.S. Army’s Brandon Pugh, DOW’s Katherine Sutton and GDIT’s John Sahlin. (Scoop News Group photo)

The defense sector confronts the growing convergence of cyber and kinetic domains

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Dr. Paul Rodrigues, Chief AI Officer for Microsoft Federal’s National Security Group, speaking at AITalks, April 14, 2026, in Washington, DC.

Why governing agentic AI is the next mission for federal agencies

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Zero trust, zero guesswork: Securing the defense workforce platform

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From experimentation to enterprise integration

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DOW’s Hon. Joseph Jewell on operationalizing defense research

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Resolute’s Chris Cadle on modernizing joint logistics with AI

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OTOT’s David Record talks agentic automation for faster ROI

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Rob Lehman: Reflections on the Saronic-Powered Rescue Mission in the Strait of Hormuz

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US lifts restrictions on Anthropic’s Mythos and Fable

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Russell Vought says there are no plans for a DOGE after-action report

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The Department of Education’s IT shop lost more than half of its employees to Trump’s reduction in force last year

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Funding AI-powered building-code permitting

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Following new quantum EOs, Energy launches Quantum Genesis initiative

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U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) leaves the U.S. Capitol on July 11. (Photo by Tierney L. Cross/Getty Images)

Warner bill would create federally vetted list for secure, trustworthy AI agents

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Overland AI lands Pentagon contract to produce autonomous ground vehicles for Marine Corps

Gavin Newsom — California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks to reporters inside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on May 20, 2026. (Nathan Posner / Anadolu via Getty Images)

California agencies get access to Anthropic’s AI tools at half price

Spc. Byron Clutier, assigned to 3rd Mobile Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), operates a Hunter Wolf Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) during a training exercise at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, Louisiana, April 13, 2026. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Mariam Diallo)

101st Airborne unit put ‘steel’ between soldiers and the breach, tested limits of AI in recent exercise

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University of Utah board approves state’s first AI bachelor’s degree

Congressional Research Service Director Karen Donfried testifies on the service’s artificial intelligence usage before the House Administration Committee on June 25, 2026. (K. Sophie Will/FedScoop)

CRS tried to use AI, but less than 3% of results met their standards, director says

A quantum computer at The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Information Directorate in Rome, New York is used to conduct experiments to improve quantum computing and networking. (U.S. Air Force photo / Keith Lewis)

Uncertain quantum future presents ‘existential threat’ to US military missions, DOD warns

Gina Raimondo — Former Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo speaks during the 2026 Semafor World Economy conference in Washington, D.C., on April 17, 2026. (Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Images)

New group headed by former governors promises national AI workforce ‘people strategy’

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Just having a ‘human in the loop’ is not AI governance

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How states, cities can use federal funds to fix permitting delays with AI

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Pentagon taps Casepoint’s AI products to enhance classified legal ops

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In a first, a court takedown goes after two cybercrime tools at once

People walk past the headquarters of the Small Business Administration in the Southwest Federal Center area on March 24, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

House passes bill to force SBA’s hand on AI reporting

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