Jen Judson

Jen Judson is an award-winning journalist covering land warfare for Defense News. She has also worked for Politico and Inside Defense. She holds a Master of Science degree in journalism from Boston University and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Kenyon College.


  • Army Battles Policy Hurdles in Cyber Electromagnetic Activities
    Army Battles Policy Hurdles in Cyber Electromagnetic Activities

    The Army stood up cyber electromagnetic activity cells that can — by way of challenging capabilities integration work — operate effectively at the tactical level, the cyber director in the Army’s G-3/5/7 division said. Among the key challenges, however, is working through some of the bureaucratic hurdles.The structure of the cyber electromagnetic activity cells is…

  • Army Pushes To Counter Drones as Threat Grows
    Army Pushes To Counter Drones as Threat Grows

    The Army’s strategy to counter unmanned aircraft systems is close to publication, according to the service’s Capabilities Integration Center director, but the service isn’t waiting for its final release to move full-steam-ahead to address what the Army has identified as a capability gap against current threats.

  • Harris unveils intuitive T7 explosive ordnance disposal robot
    Harris unveils intuitive T7 explosive ordnance disposal robot

    Harris Corp., known for its radios and communications equipment, had a surprising piece of technology at its booth at the Association of the US Army’s annual convention Monday.

  • Army sees promise in robotics, A2/AD tech
    Army sees promise in robotics, A2/AD tech

    The Army sees robotics and capabilities that could help it operate in a more contested environment as promising focus areas for science and technology funds, said Maj. Gen. William Hix, the G-3/5/7 director of strategy, plans and policy.

  • DoD Presses On In Pursuit of Laser Weapons
    DoD Presses On In Pursuit of Laser Weapons

    Developing directed energy to be used as laser weapons on a variety of platforms has been a huge priority for the Defense Department. Technology has reached a point where lasers aren’t just a cool, futuristic concept but will be vital in future military operations and war.

  • Competition heats up for Patriot radar replacement
    Competition heats up for Patriot radar replacement

    The competition is heating up for two missile defense industry giants Lockheed Martin and Raytheon as the Army’s deadline for accepting future integrated air-and-missile defense radar concepts from industry came to a close Monday.

  • Long live JLENS? NORTHCOM scrambles on cruise missile defense
    Long live JLENS? NORTHCOM scrambles on cruise missile defense

    Mmissile defense leaders within Northern Command scrambling to find another way to address the cruise missile defense gap left open by JLENS on the US East Coast.

  • Palantir unleashes its lawyers over US Army’s intelligence software
    Palantir unleashes its lawyers over US Army’s intelligence software

    The company has decided to file a protest in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims after losing a case last month that it filed with the Government Accountability Office over the Army’s acquisition plans for the second increment of its Distributed Common Ground System.

  • US Army grapples with short-range air defense gap in Europe
    US Army grapples with short-range air defense gap in Europe

    The US Army has wrapped up a review of possible short-range air defense weapons from around the world and is working to fill a critical gap in Europe.

  • Army green lights mid-tier network capability, airborne radio RFP due out soon
    Army green lights mid-tier network capability, airborne radio RFP due out soon

    The Army is preparing to make a production decision for the radio that goes with the mid-tier network later this summer, the service confirmed.

  • Army Battles Policy Hurdles in Cyber Electromagnetic Activities
    Army Battles Policy Hurdles in Cyber Electromagnetic Activities

    The Army stood up cyber electromagnetic activity cells that can — by way of challenging capabilities integration work — operate effectively at the tactical level, the cyber director in the Army’s G-3/5/7 division said. Among the key challenges, however, is working through some of the bureaucratic hurdles.The structure of the cyber electromagnetic activity cells is…

  • Army Pushes To Counter Drones as Threat Grows
    Army Pushes To Counter Drones as Threat Grows

    The Army’s strategy to counter unmanned aircraft systems is close to publication, according to the service’s Capabilities Integration Center director, but the service isn’t waiting for its final release to move full-steam-ahead to address what the Army has identified as a capability gap against current threats.

  • Harris unveils intuitive T7 explosive ordnance disposal robot
    Harris unveils intuitive T7 explosive ordnance disposal robot

    Harris Corp., known for its radios and communications equipment, had a surprising piece of technology at its booth at the Association of the US Army’s annual convention Monday.

  • Army sees promise in robotics, A2/AD tech
    Army sees promise in robotics, A2/AD tech

    The Army sees robotics and capabilities that could help it operate in a more contested environment as promising focus areas for science and technology funds, said Maj. Gen. William Hix, the G-3/5/7 director of strategy, plans and policy.

  • DoD Presses On In Pursuit of Laser Weapons
    DoD Presses On In Pursuit of Laser Weapons

    Developing directed energy to be used as laser weapons on a variety of platforms has been a huge priority for the Defense Department. Technology has reached a point where lasers aren’t just a cool, futuristic concept but will be vital in future military operations and war.

  • Competition heats up for Patriot radar replacement
    Competition heats up for Patriot radar replacement

    The competition is heating up for two missile defense industry giants Lockheed Martin and Raytheon as the Army’s deadline for accepting future integrated air-and-missile defense radar concepts from industry came to a close Monday.

  • Long live JLENS? NORTHCOM scrambles on cruise missile defense
    Long live JLENS? NORTHCOM scrambles on cruise missile defense

    Mmissile defense leaders within Northern Command scrambling to find another way to address the cruise missile defense gap left open by JLENS on the US East Coast.

  • Palantir unleashes its lawyers over US Army’s intelligence software
    Palantir unleashes its lawyers over US Army’s intelligence software

    The company has decided to file a protest in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims after losing a case last month that it filed with the Government Accountability Office over the Army’s acquisition plans for the second increment of its Distributed Common Ground System.

  • US Army grapples with short-range air defense gap in Europe
    US Army grapples with short-range air defense gap in Europe

    The US Army has wrapped up a review of possible short-range air defense weapons from around the world and is working to fill a critical gap in Europe.

  • Army green lights mid-tier network capability, airborne radio RFP due out soon
    Army green lights mid-tier network capability, airborne radio RFP due out soon

    The Army is preparing to make a production decision for the radio that goes with the mid-tier network later this summer, the service confirmed.

  • Army Battles Policy Hurdles in Cyber Electromagnetic Activities
    Army Battles Policy Hurdles in Cyber Electromagnetic Activities

    The Army stood up cyber electromagnetic activity cells that can — by way of challenging capabilities integration work — operate effectively at the tactical level, the cyber director in the Army’s G-3/5/7 division said. Among the key challenges, however, is working through some of the bureaucratic hurdles.The structure of the cyber electromagnetic activity cells is…

  • Army Pushes To Counter Drones as Threat Grows
    Army Pushes To Counter Drones as Threat Grows

    The Army’s strategy to counter unmanned aircraft systems is close to publication, according to the service’s Capabilities Integration Center director, but the service isn’t waiting for its final release to move full-steam-ahead to address what the Army has identified as a capability gap against current threats.

  • Harris unveils intuitive T7 explosive ordnance disposal robot
    Harris unveils intuitive T7 explosive ordnance disposal robot

    Harris Corp., known for its radios and communications equipment, had a surprising piece of technology at its booth at the Association of the US Army’s annual convention Monday.

  • Army sees promise in robotics, A2/AD tech
    Army sees promise in robotics, A2/AD tech

    The Army sees robotics and capabilities that could help it operate in a more contested environment as promising focus areas for science and technology funds, said Maj. Gen. William Hix, the G-3/5/7 director of strategy, plans and policy.

  • DoD Presses On In Pursuit of Laser Weapons
    DoD Presses On In Pursuit of Laser Weapons

    Developing directed energy to be used as laser weapons on a variety of platforms has been a huge priority for the Defense Department. Technology has reached a point where lasers aren’t just a cool, futuristic concept but will be vital in future military operations and war.

  • Competition heats up for Patriot radar replacement
    Competition heats up for Patriot radar replacement

    The competition is heating up for two missile defense industry giants Lockheed Martin and Raytheon as the Army’s deadline for accepting future integrated air-and-missile defense radar concepts from industry came to a close Monday.

  • Long live JLENS? NORTHCOM scrambles on cruise missile defense
    Long live JLENS? NORTHCOM scrambles on cruise missile defense

    Mmissile defense leaders within Northern Command scrambling to find another way to address the cruise missile defense gap left open by JLENS on the US East Coast.

  • Palantir unleashes its lawyers over US Army’s intelligence software
    Palantir unleashes its lawyers over US Army’s intelligence software

    The company has decided to file a protest in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims after losing a case last month that it filed with the Government Accountability Office over the Army’s acquisition plans for the second increment of its Distributed Common Ground System.

  • US Army grapples with short-range air defense gap in Europe
    US Army grapples with short-range air defense gap in Europe

    The US Army has wrapped up a review of possible short-range air defense weapons from around the world and is working to fill a critical gap in Europe.

  • Army green lights mid-tier network capability, airborne radio RFP due out soon
    Army green lights mid-tier network capability, airborne radio RFP due out soon

    The Army is preparing to make a production decision for the radio that goes with the mid-tier network later this summer, the service confirmed.