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Meghann Myers

Staff Reporter

Meghann Myers
Meghann Myers covers land warfare and other topics for Defense One. She formerly served as Pentagon bureau chief for Military Times and reported and edited for Army Times and Navy Times. She holds a master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University. Contact her on Signal at meghannmyers.55.
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Trump’s national defense strategy is unlike anything that’s come before it

It touts an end to interventionism and regime change, despite adventurism in Venezuela and Greenland.

  • By Meghann Myers
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I ‘did not expect to be told to build a battleship,’ Navy’s surface warfare director says

The Trump administration’s priorities are forcing the service to rethink its shipbuilding plans.

  • By Meghann Myers
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The Pentagon wants a common network for its counter-drone systems

The Army-led task force wants candidates by early next year.

  • By Meghann Myers
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Army to test next-gen C2 prototype for the second time since July contract award

How the service is revamping not just its command and control software, but how it develops systems in general.

  • By Meghann Myers
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SecDef uses unprecedented meeting to unveil 10 personnel, due-process reviews

After summoning senior officers from around the world, Hegseth invites them to resign if they don’t agree with him.

  • By Meghann Myers
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Army aims to quadruple Patriot missile procurement

Move comes amid conflict with Iran, questions about aid to Ukraine.

  • By Meghann Myers
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Pacific multidomain task forces are looking for long-range drones

MDTFs are getting their chance to experiment as Transformation-in-Contact units.

  • By Meghann Myers
Companies

ManTech wins a pair of Marine Corps contracts to upgrade tactical systems

The company also will work on littoral warfighting systems under contracts worth an aggregate of roughly $1 billion.

  • By Meghann Myers
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