John T. Seward is a Defense and National Security Correspondent at The Washington Times, delivering insightful reporting on key decision-making in Washington and new defense technologies for Threat Status.John previously worked at Sinclair’s The National Desk before helping stand-up the non-profit newsroom NOTUS as one of its first class of newsroom fellows. John graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point with a B.S. in Philosophy and served seven years as a U.S. Army artillery officer before leaving the service to become a journalist. In 2021 he graduated from American University with his M.A. in Journalism and Public Affairs.He can be reached at JohnS.13 on Signal and at jseward@washingtontimes.com.
An advanced artificial intelligence software company that is working with the U.S. Air Force on training robots to repair fighter jets won a key U.S. defense technology industry competition for startups Tuesday in Washington.
The Pentagon's crackdown on communications with Congress will make it harder for lawmakers to get the information they need on military affairs, said Republican lawmakers, retired military officers and former Defense Department officials.
The head of President Trump's Golden Dome missile defense program gave a classified briefing to the Senate Armed Services Committee last week that described the secretive architecture of the project, The Washington Times has learned.
Russian drones hit Ukraine's capital city early Sunday, killing three people and injuring almost 30 -- the second consecutive nighttime attack on Kyiv to kill civilians.
Current communication systems relied upon by U.S. war fighters are too "old" and "outdated," according to Secretary of the Army Daniel P. Driscoll, who says a concerted push is underway to accelerate private industry's delivery of advanced technology and the Army's acquisition process.
The Army is developing next-generation mobile nuclear reactors under a program announced Tuesday. It promises to have "at least one" working reactor by summer 2026 as part of a push to ensure reliable power generation at military installations and for forward-deployed troops.
It's an urgent mission for the Pentagon and its defense industry partners: Build cost-effective tools -- lots of them -- to counter the increasingly cheap and lethal tactical attack drones wielded by America's adversaries abroad or terrorists targeting events at home.
Key military officials and defense industry leaders will descend on Washington next week for a major Army conference, with the service's 21st-century modernization effort in the spotlight and against the backdrop of a push across the Pentagon to maintain an edge over America's adversaries.
Anduril founder and CEO Palmer Luckey told an audience in Washington on Wednesday night that he sees his company "as kind of the gun store of our allies and partners around the world," a nod to the rapidly expanding role the firm is playing in the global defense space.
Biotechnology paired with artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming one of the biggest emerging security threats for the U.S., according to a report published this week by the Hoover Institution.