Jon Harper

Jon Harper is Managing Editor of DefenseScoop, the Scoop News Group’s newest online publication focused on the Pentagon and its pursuit of new capabilities. He leads an award-winning team of journalists in providing breaking news and in-depth analysis on military technology and the ways in which it is shaping how the Defense Department operates and modernizes. You can also follow him on Twitter @Jon_Harper_

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Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Air Force — Gen. Charles Q. Brown speaks during the Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) assumption of command ceremony at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, July 26, 2018. (U.S. Air Force / Staff Sgt. Jack Sanders)

Air Force looking for ways to make ABMS more affordable, compatible

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GAO calls for independent reviews of hypersonic missile interceptor program

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Chairman Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) speaks during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on September 29, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Rod Lamkey-Pool/Getty Images)

New legislation includes Pentagon pilot program for negotiating software data rights

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U.S. Capitol, Congress — (Getty Images)

Senators want Pentagon to create new JADC2 joint force headquarters

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Close-up of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) sign outside its main headquarters in Washington, DC. (Getty Images)

GAO denies GDIT’s protest of $11B Defense Enclave Services contract award

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U.S. Rep. Adam Smith, Chairman of the House Armed Service Committee, asks a question during a visit at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., Oct. 10, 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jensen Stidham)

HASC chairman worried about making big bets on Air Force’s next-gen fighter

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Capt. Seth Hayden of the Army Cyber Protection Brigade monitors exercise progress in the white team operations area for exercise Operation Tiger Stance, at the Indiana National Guard’s Muscatatuck Urban Training Center in Butlerville, Ind., Aug. 23, 2018. (Photo by Bill Roche)

Army to double size of active-duty cyber corps

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Raj Iyer speaks at the 2022 Public Sector Innovation Summit. (FedScoop)

Project to converge Army enterprise business systems will be ‘marquee effort’ for CIO

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Army Futures Command’s Software Factory operations taking place on March 22, 2021 in Austin, Texas. (U.S. Army Photo by Mr. Luke J. Allen)

Marines to embed at Army Software Factory

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