Jon Harper is a Managing Editor at DefenseScoop. He covers military technology and the Pentagon's modernization efforts, with a focus on AI, drones, and the implications of the Russia-Ukraine War. Jon's insights and reporting have been featured in prominent outlets such as FedScoop, RealClearDefense, and Space Today.
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Jon Harper's coverage focuses predominantly on government announcements and press releases, with a strong emphasis on defense, military technology, and government & politics. He primarily covers topics related to the United States' Department of Defense, Air Force, Army, and Pentagon.
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The final text of the conference-negotiated fiscal 2025 National Defense Authorization Act would leave it to the head of the Pentagon to determine whether the department should create a new center of excellence focused on AI-enabled weapon systems.
By: Jon Harper
The annual defense authorization bill released Saturday would require Defense Department officials to provide annual updates to lawmakers with details on approvals and deployments of lethal autonomous weapon systems by the U.S. military.
By: Jon Harper
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By: Jon Harper
The Defense Department is sunsetting Task Force Lima and launching a new initiative focused on accelerating the delivery of new generative AI capabilities.
The Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit is working to solve a key challenge that could stymie the U.S. military’s ambitious plans for the new phase of its Replicator initiative: command and control for a vast array of counter-drone systems.
The Defense Department doesn't know who has been flying drones recently near its military installations in New Jersey, and the Pentagon is “frustrated” by this type of activity, according to a senior official.
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