Guest: Journalist and writer Kevin Maurer , whose work focuses on U.S. special operations forces around the world. Read Maurer's report for Rolling Stone , “ Here's What Trump's Mexico Invasion Plan Could Look Like .”
Panelists: Susanne Hake, General Manager of U.S. Government Business for Maxar Intelligence; Greg Little, Senior Counselor at Palantir Technologies; Sarah Pearson, Director of Commercial Engagement at the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU); David Rothzeid, Principal Investor at Shield Capital; And moderator Lauren Williams, Senior Editor at Defense One . View more of this year's Tech Summit discussions on YouTube here ....
Panelists: Derek M. Tournear, Ph.D., Director, Space Development Agency; Bill Vass, CTO, Booz Allen; And Frank Konkel, Editor-in-Chief, Government Executive . View more of this year's Tech Summit discussions on YouTube here .
Speakers: Christian Brose, President and Chief Strategy Officer, Anduril Industries; And Patrick Tucker, Defense One ’s science and technology editor. View more of this year's Tech Summit discussions (registration required) here .
Panelists: Air Force Maj. Gen. Mark Piper, Deputy Director of Operations at North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD); Masao Dahlgren, fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies’ Missile Defense Project; Doug Loverro, president of Loverro Consulting; And Patrick Tucker, Defense One ’s science and technology editor. View any of this year's Tech Summit discussions (registration required) here ....
Guests: Former Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov in conversation with Defense One ’s Patrick Tucker on the sidelines of the GLOBSEC 2025 conference in Prague. Defense One is media partner for this year's 20th edition of the GLOBSEC Forum in Prague.
Guests: Philippe Lavigne, a retired French general, was Chief of Staff of the French Air and Space Force from 2018 to 2021, then NATO's transformation chief for three years. As media partner for this year's 20th edition of the GLOBSEC Forum in Prague, Defense One is sharing a series of special pre-conference interviews exploring the future of defense, technological innovation, the changing battlefield and geopolitical upheaval....
Guests: Brandon Tseng , co-founder and president of Shield AI, in conversation with Defense One 's Patrick Tucker. As media partner for this year's 20th edition of the GLOBSEC Forum in Prague, Defense One is sharing a series of special pre-conference interviews exploring the future of defense, technological innovation, the changing battlefield and geopolitical upheaval....
Guests: Col. Joshua Gaspard, commander of the 173rd Airborne Brigade, based in Vicenza, Italy. Learn more about exercises Swift Response and African Lion 2025 here and here , respectively.
Guests: Marine Lt. Gen. Roger B. Turner of the III Marine Expeditionary Force, and the 3D Marine Division's Maj. Gen. Christian F. Wortman, in conversation with Defense One 's Jennifer Hlad . You can view our other 2025 State of Defense interviews here .
Guests: Command Sergeant Major JoAnn Nauman , Command Senior Enlisted Leader of Army Special Operations Command, in conversation with Defense One 's Meghann Myers and Ben Watson. Related reading: " Army establishes new fitness test of record to strengthen readiness and lethality ," published April 21, 2025; " Setting Higher Close Combat Standards for the Army Combat Fitness Test ," via RAND researchers, published Dec 20, 2024; And " Independent Review of the Army Combat Fitness Test ," also via ...
Guests: Defense One 's Meghann Myers and Lauren C. Williams .
Guest: U.S. Army chief of staff Gen. Randy George, interviewed by Defense One ’s Patrick Tucker. Catch our full State of Defense agenda and future events, here .
Guest: U.S. Space Force commander Gen. Chance Saltzman, interviewed by Defense One ’s Audrey Decker. Catch our full State of Defense agenda and future events, running through the end of March, here .
Guest: U.S. Air Force commander Gen. David Allvin, interviewed by Defense One ’s Audrey Decker. Catch our full State of Defense agenda and future events, running through the end of March, here .
Our annual State of Defense interview series begins with a commandant working to balance crisis response and modernization. Learn more about that series here .
Guest: U.S. Army Col. Joshua Glonek, commander 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division. Related reading: " How two units are learning from each other as the Army moves to modernize ," from Sam Skove reporting in October; " Army embraces Ukraine-style warfare with new all-drone unit ," also via Skove, reporting from Louisiana's Fort Johnson in September; And in reruns there is " Defense One Radio, Ep. 161: A trip to Louisiana with the Army’s new recon unit ," featuring Skove speaking abou...
Maj. Gen. Joseph Kunkel discusses his how his service's modernization strategy will shape the future of air combat in an increasingly complex security landscape. Guest: Air Force Maj. Gen. Joseph Kunkel , director of Force Design, Integration and Wargaming at Air Force Futures; he's interviewed by Defense One air warfare reporter Audrey Decker . Related viewing: " AI in the Skies ," January 28, 2025....
Patrick Tucker describes a Defense Department in transition as Russia's Ukraine invasion approaches the four-year mark. Related reading: " Ukraine military-aid donors aim to set Kyiv up through 2027, Pentagon says ," Tucker reported on January 7; And " Kyiv’s donors set production goals to regularize arms donations to Ukraine ," he reported two days later....
We listen back on more than a dozen guests from conversations across 2024. Guests (in order): Fabian Hinz , research fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies; Bruce Hoffman , senior fellow for counterterrorism and homeland security at the Council on Foreign Relations, and co-author of " God, Guns, and Sedition: Far-Right Terrorism in America "; Karolina Hird , analyst and Russia Deputy Team Lead at the Institute for the Study of War; Elliot Ackerman , co-author of " 2054: A No...
Guests: Audrey Decker, aerospace reporter for Defense One ; Patrick Tucker, science and technology editor at Defense One . Related reading: Some Republicans remain unsold on Hegseth Russia in talks to send fighter jets to North Korea, INDOPACOM says ‘Multi-headed monster’: Biden, Trump officials address China-Russia-Iran coordination ‘Shock the system’: Startups and DOGE take over Reagan forum Defense officials hopeful incoming administration keeps funding cutting-edge tech...
Guests: Brian Potter , Senior Infrastructure Fellow at the Institute for Progress and author of " Why Can't the U.S. Build Ships? " from September 2024; And Nicole Foy , ProPublica’s Ancil Payne Fellow, writing on immigration and labor; her report " An Immigrant Died Building a Ship for the U.S. Government. His Family Got Nothing " was published in October 2024. And don't miss our complementary podcast episode, " How U.S. Navy shipbuilding sank so low ."...
Guests: Matthew Paxton , president of the Shipbuilders Council of America; Rep. Rob Wittman , R-Va.; Ret. Navy Capt. Brent Sadler , senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation; And Ret. Rear Adm. Mark Montgomery , senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. Sources and additional reading: Navy Force Structure and Shipbuilding Plans: Background and Issues for Congress ( PDF ); U.S. Navy budget materials ; " Navy adds $1B to unconventional effort to boost sub production ," by...
A decorated Marine veteran and a video game maker revisit one of the bloodiest battles in U.S. military history. Guests: Elliot Ackerman , author and contributing writer at The Atlantic ; Peter Tamte, founder and CEO of Victura ; And Defense One science and tech editor Patrick Tucker. Sources and additional reading: " Goodbye, My Brother ," by Elliot Ackerman, writing for Esquire on March 23, 2017; The video game " Six Days in Fallujah "; " Ultra-Realistic Modern Warfare Game Features Awaiting O...
A retired U.S. admiral shares what he learned from a recent trip to the wartorn country. Guest: Mark Montgomery , a retired U.S. Navy rear admiral, is a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies in Washington and senior director of FDD's Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation.
Defense One staff summarize the leading developments from this year's Association of the U.S. Army conference in Washington. Guest: Sam Skove, staff reporter; Patrick Tucker, science and tech editor. Find Defense One's complete AUSA coverage here .
Audrey Decker explains some of the top developments out of this year's AFA conference outside Washington. Guest: Audrey Decker, Defense One ’s air warfare reporter. Extra reading: China’s aggressive regional moves open doors for the US, PACAF chief says Air Force wants NGAD to cost no more than an F-35. Is that even possible? Lessons from Ukrainian F-16 crash will shape US training: Air Force general Air Force’s Ospreys will return to forward-deployment within 'weeks' Test B-21 flying up to twic...
Patrick Tucker unpacks findings from his recent trip to Prague for the 2024 Global Security Conference. Related reading: " European officials vow to boost defense production, but some worry it won’t be enough ," by Patrick Tucker, reporting August 30 from Prague; " The big loophole allowing Russia to access US chips? China ," by Tucker again, reporting from Washington on September 11; And " EU competitiveness: Looking ahead ," a report published this week by Mario Draghi, former president of the...
The Army just put a new unit loaded with cutting-edge tech to the test at Fort Johnson. Sam Skove explains what he saw during a recent week long demonstration. You can read more from Sam's coverage of this Army exercise here .
We revisit some of the bigger takeaways from this year’s Farnborough International Airshow. Guest: Dan Darling , vice president of market insights at Forecast International, a research and consulting firm owned by Defense One 's parent company. You can see all of our Farnborough Airshow coverage, here ....
