Jon Harper is a Managing Editor at DefenseScoop. He covers military technology and defense-related topics, focusing on the Pentagon's modernization efforts and the impact of emerging technologies such as AI, drones, and cybersecurity. Jon's work has been featured in FedScoop, RealClearDefense, CauseACTION Clarion, Space Today, and Blues Rock Review.
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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 "autonomous" platform, equipped with an AI software package called Lattice, will support the Marine Corps' OPF-L program.
The Army is poised to downselect to one platform vendor for the next phase of its robotic combat vehicle program, but in the future the service may hold another round of industry competition as it looks for additional capabilities, according to a leader of the initiative.
By: Jon Harper
The Marine Corps' latest flight testing of its jet-powered XQ-58A Valkyrie drone saw the system use common tactical data links to share targeting information with F-35 stealth fighters, according to the service.
By: Jon Harper
The Pentagon plans to move MHS GENESIS to the cloud and award Leidos a large sole source contract to continue work as an integrator on the program.
By: Jon Harper
A new national security memorandum from President Biden aims to speed up the Pentagon's and intelligence community's adoption of emerging artificial intelligence capabilities while addressing security concerns associated with the technology.
By: Jon Harper
The Navy is looking for options to enable its future fleets of uncrewed platforms to steam ahead even if they can't access satellite navigation systems.
By: Jon Harper
The Pentagon on Tuesday released its implementation plan for the National Defense Industrial Strategy, which calls for boosting production of solid rocket motors as a “complement” to its Replicator unmanned systems initiative.
By: Jon Harper
About six months after launching a fully operational vulnerability disclosure program for the defense industrial base, the Defense Department's Cyber Crime Center estimates that it has potentially saved contractors hundreds of millions of dollars.
By: Jon Harper
An AI tool called Panoptic Junction has been effective during its pilot phase, according to a senior Cybercom official.
U.S. Special Operations Command updated its technical areas of interest in a broad agency announcement to include additional autonomous capabilities that could aid commandos with their missions.
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