A medium range ballistic missile target is launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii, as part of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s Flight Test Aegis Weapon System 31 Event 1a (FTM-31 E1a), held on March 30, 2023 in cooperation with the U.S. Navy. (MDA photo)
The $150 billion reconciliation bill includes funding to support development and fielding of Golden Dome technologies, such as space-based sensors and interceptors.
Secretary of the Navy John Phelan visits Marine Forces Special Operations Command on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina,
April 10, 2025. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Evan Jones)
In an interview with DefenseScoop, Gen. Randall Reed shed light on his technology priorities and some of the command’s most recent high-stakes operations.
In her new position at OpenAI, Alexis Bonnell will continue working with artificial intelligence capabilities and explore how the technology can contribute to public sector organizations.
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Luke Marron, 23d Electronic Warfare Squadron commander, provides remarks after assuming command of the 23d EWS during a reactivation ceremony at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, April 18, 2025. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Benjamin Aronson)
The unit's mission will be to support mission data file reprogramming for command and control, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C2ISR) platforms, combat rescue platforms and expendables for…
A U.S. Air Force Jump-20 unmanned aerial vehicle assigned to the 27th Special Operations Wing flies over a sunset at Melrose Air Force Range, N.M., June 20, 2023. The Jump-20 UAV was used to exercise the single operator, multi-system control model in a simulated deployed environment. (U.S. Air Force photo Senior Airman Alexcia Givens)
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Brien Disbro, a crew chief assigned to the174th Attack Wing, performs post-flight maintenance on an MQ-9 Reaper on Mar. 10, 2025 at Springfield-Beckley Air National Guard Base in Springfield, Ohio. The MQ-9 arrived for Advanced Wrath, a two-week exercise supporting U.S. Special Operations Command, U.S. Coast Guard search and rescue operations, and testing for the Air Force Research Laboratory. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Shane Hughes)
FORT IRWIN, Calif. – Bravo Company (Bandits), 11th Cyber Battalion, culminated months of home station training with participation in National Training Center Rotation 25-03, January and February 2025. Expeditionary CEMA (Cyber and Electromagnetic Activities) Team 05 and ECT 06, B Co., 11CB, conducted electromagnetic reconnaissance, radio frequency enabled offensive cyber operations, and special purpose electromagnetic attacks to shape operations during the rotation for III Armor Corps, 1st Infantry Division, and 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne). (Photo by Steven Stover,
780th Military Intelligence Brigade (Cyber))
Director of the Space Development Agency, Dr. Derek Tournear, pre-records for the Defense One Tech Summit at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., June 16, 2021. (DoD photo by U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Taryn Escott)
U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Communications Squadron 38, Marine Air Control Group 38, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, conduct Lightning Strike 25 at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar and Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Oct. 1-30, 2024. Lightning Strike 25 exemplifies MWCS-38’s ability to establish and maintain up to 15 communication nodes supporting Force Design initiatives by enabling distributed command and control in contested environments. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Luc Boatman)
Members of the 18th Space Defense Combat Squadron, a unit assigned to U.S. Space Forces – Space under the USSF Force Generation model, observe orbital data at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., Oct. 4, 2024. (Photo by David Dozoretz)
GULF OF ALASKA (June 15, 2009) Operations Specialist 1st Class Lee Tran, from Portland, Oregon, monitors links in the tactical flag command center aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Josue L. Escobosa/ Released)
Commuters cross Pennsylvania Avenue in downtown Washington, DC, as they head towards the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, which houses several US Federal Government offices, during the morning rush hour on March 20, 2025. As dramatic job losses mount among government staff, a sense of gloom has descended on the city. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP)
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth delivers recorded remarks at the Pentagon, Washington D.C., March 20, 2025. (DOD photo by U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Madelyn Keech)
Retired Lt. Gen. Dan Caine, President Trump’s nominee to be Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrives for his Senate Armed Services Committee Confirmation hearing on April 01, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)