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Thomas Novelly

Senior Reporter

Thomas Novelly
Thomas Novelly covers air and space warfare as a senior reporter for Defense One. He was previously a reporter for Military.com, where he covered Air Force and Space Force personnel and policy. Before that, he was the military and politics reporter for The Post and Courier in Charleston, South Carolina. He lives in Washington, D.C. Reach him on Signal at tomnovelly.01.
Defense

Golden Dome’s projected cost just jumped $10 billion. Experts fear that’s just for starters.

Three prime contractors have been named to build the project's command and control layer.

  • By Thomas Novelly
People

Trump’s CISA nominee to exit Coast Guard role, but still in running to lead cyber agency

Sean Plankey has been serving in a Coast Guard advisory role for some months and is still set to be the nominee to lead CISA.

  • By David DiMolfetta and Thomas Novelly
Modernization

Experts see promise, risk in Pentagon’s draft acquisition reforms

A draft memo is circulating ahead of SecDef Hegseth’s Friday speech.

  • By Patrick Tucker, Lauren C. Williams and Thomas Novelly