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DefenseScoop serves as the leading news platform powered by community input, focusing on the U.S. military's technology acquisition, development, and application in modern defense strategies. As the Department of Defense advances towards initiatives like Joint All Domain Command and Control, which aim to unify the joint forces for future conflicts, DefenseScoop provides up-to-date insights, trends, and analyses on these crucial changes. The platform also engages with senior leaders from the Pentagon and military services to explore how technology can play a vital role in enhancing our nation's capacity to recognize threats, make swift decisions, and take decisive actions in the future.

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CDAO leaves edge data mesh nodes behind with Indo-Pacom after success in major exercise

19 hours ago | defensescoop.com | Brandi Vincent

The Pentagon’s Chief Digital and AI Office completed the first successful demonstration of its Edge Data Mesh technology stack at the Army’s major capstone exercise in April — and officials left some of the nodes in place for real-world, operational use in the Pacific after the large-scale experiments concluded, according to an internal unclassified document DefenseScoop viewed this week.
Estonia moves to counter threats from Russia's 'shadow fleet'

1 day ago | defensescoop.com | Brandi Vincent

Estonia’s government is actively tracking the “shadow fleet” of vessels operated covertly by Russia that has been causing problems in the Baltic Sea over the last year and posing serious environmental risks for the region, Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur said Monday. Pevkur hosted a small group of journalists at the Embassy of Estonia in Washington while he was in town for a two-day visit with his American counterparts and lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
Army advances electronic warfare 'arsenal' at recent capstone experiment

1 day ago | defensescoop.com | Mark Pomerleau

The Army tested and matured its “arsenal” concept for conducting electronic warfare at the service’s major capstone exercise earlier this year, according to officials. The electromagnetic spectrum arsenal serves as a set of exploits in the radio frequency sense, that can be loaded on platforms for a set of targets.
Marine Corps developed software to control commercial radars

2 days ago | defensescoop.com | Mark Pomerleau

The Marine Corps built its own software to control commercial radar devices that can be purchased at fishing stores, allowing its forces to have greater maritime domain awareness.
Army to provide ‘transforming-in-contact’ units electronic warfare prototypes for divisions

2 days ago | defensescoop.com | Mark Pomerleau

The Army is planning to test initial prototype capabilities of a key electronic warfare system as part of the next transforming-in-contact initiative. Transforming-in-contact, a top priority of the Army spearheaded by Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George, aims to speed up how the service buys technologies and designs its forces by injecting emerging capabilities into units and letting them experiment with them during exercises and deployments.
12 of 14 new cyber mission force teams now established

2 days ago | defensescoop.com | Mark Pomerleau

The Department of Defense has expanded its number of cyber teams by 12, with two more slated to come online in the next few years, according to a spokesperson. The cyber mission force began building in 2012, and the initial 133 teams reached full operational capability in 2018. In DOD’s fiscal 2022 budget request, U.S. Cyber Command proposed and was eventually approved for a phased approach to add 14 additional cyber mission force teams beyond the original 133.
Army officially deactivates only information operation command

6 days ago | defensescoop.com | Mark Pomerleau

In a ceremony Thursday, the Army officially deactivated its only active-duty information operations command, the service announced. 1st Information Operations Command was created in 2002. It provided red teams and opposing force capabilities against units that were training, and also offered the ability to synchronize information tools and prepare forces to resist adversary information warfare.
Post-Signalgate, Pentagon CIO prioritizes secure platforms for sensitive instant messaging

6 days ago | defensescoop.com | Brandi Vincent

The full consequences of the Trump administration’s “Signalgate” affair remain unseen — but in response, personnel inside the Office of the Department of Defense Chief Information Officer are moving to accelerate government and military leaders’ access to trustworthy and protected options for transmitting instant communications about sensitive, real-time information.
Pentagon sets out two-year plan to scale enterprise cloud offerings, software factories

6 days ago | defensescoop.com | Mikayla Easley

BALTIMORE — The Defense Department’s chief information officer has published an updated roadmap detailing the organization’s plans to support continued growth of the Pentagon’s software factory ecosystem and enterprise cloud program. The CIO’s recently released software modernization implementation plan for fiscal 2025 and 2026 marks another call from Pentagon leadership for the entire department to improve delivery of software-based capabilities.
Trump administration appoints new DARPA director

6 days ago | defensescoop.com | Jon Harper

The Trump administration has tapped Stephen Winchell to head the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, DefenseScoop has learned. DARPA, one of the Pentagon’s premier R&D organizations, aims to create “technological surprise” and game-changing capabilities for the U.S. national security community. It has been credited with aiding major technological breakthroughs, including precision weapons, stealth technology, the internet and GPS, among others.