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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Emil Michael tour multi-domain autonomous displays in the courtyard of the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., July 16, 2025. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Kubitza)

Pentagon to trim list of critical technology areas

Defense Department CTO Emil Michael is about to make changes to the Pentagon's list of tech priorities.
2 days ago By Jon Harper
Adm. Daryl Caudle salutes the sideboys during a U.S. Fleet Forces Command (USFFC) Relinquishment of Command ceremony aboard Naval Station Norfolk, August 6, 2025. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Dustin Knight/Released)

Adm. Caudle sworn in as chief of naval operations

Adm. Daryl Caudle promised to accelerate the sea service’s push for AI, unmanned system and networking capabilities, as he steps into the role of CNO.
4 days ago By Jon Harper
LAKE TRAVIS, Texas (Oct. 24, 2023) A prototype unmanned surface vehicle (USV) made by Saronic Technologies transits Lake Travis, Texas, during testing of an autonomous over-the-horizon solution conceived by student researchers at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS). (U.S. Navy photo)

Navy moves to buy autonomous maritime drones from Saronic via $392M OTA

Details are sparse regarding the specific features, types and quantities of unmanned vessels Saronic will deliver.
Aug 22, 2025 By Brandi Vincent
A Sea Cadet from Advanced Training Command New England applies a tourniquet to a mannequin as part of Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) Course June 30, 2025. TCCC is developed by the U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Health Agency (DHA) Joint Trauma System (JTS) to teach evidence-based, life-saving techniques and strategies for providing the best trauma care on the battlefield. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Sydney Wall)

Defense Health Agency offers voluntary buyouts as part of workforce reduction effort

DHA leadership has “authorized Network Directors to offer the Voluntary Separation Incentive Payment or VSIP” options to interested personnel, an agency official told DefenseScoop on Monday.
Aug 18, 2025 By Brandi Vincent
Stephen Feinberg, U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee to be Deputy Secretary of Defense, testifies during his Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on February 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Feinberg orders major shakeup in Pentagon’s AI enterprise

DefenseScoop obtained a memo directing the realignment.
Aug 15, 2025 By Brandi Vincent
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An air battle manager participants in the 805th Combat Training Squadron’s second Decision Advantage Sprint for Human-Machine Teaming wargame in July 2025. (U.S. Air Force photo by Debora Henley.)

Air Force experimenting with AI microservices during new battle management wargame series

"We’re physically … stressing the battle managers into making decisions, and then having companies observe what they’re doing and then trying to develop microservices that improve the…
Aug 15, 2025 By Mikayla Easley
U.S. Air Force air battle managers participate in the Department of the Air Force’s Advanced Battle Management System Cross-Functional Team first Decision Advantage Sprint for Human-Machine Teaming, or DASH, experiment, recently held at the Howard Hughes Operations, or H2O, Center in Las Vegas, Nev., April 8, 2025. This two-week event brought together operational warfighters and industry and Shadow Operations Center-Nellis software developers to prototype microservices aimed at accelerating and improving decision-making in high-tempo battle management scenarios framed by the Transformational Model. (U.S. Air Force photo)

Air Force putting AI-based model for battle management decisions through its paces

The Air Force's Transformational Model for Decision Advantage is serving as the foundation for a number of ongoing experiments focused on supporting the Pentagon's broader Combined Joint…
Aug 14, 2025 By Mikayla Easley
Cathy Lucas, grandniece of World War II pilot 1st Lt. Herbert Tennyson, holds a photo of Herbert and his wife, Jean Tennyson, in Wichita, Kansas, June 27, 2025. The plane Tennyson flew was shot down off the coast of Papua New Guinea on March 11, 1944, and was not located until 2017 by Project Recover, a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency partner organization. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Paige Weldon)

How digitization is delivering real-world impacts at the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

The DPAA held a roundtable with a small group of reporters in advance of its Korean War and Cold War Annual Government Briefs.
Aug 13, 2025 By Brandi Vincent
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