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Defense One Radio, Ep. 171: SecDef Austin’s last trip to Europe

Patrick Tucker describes a Defense Department in transition as Russia's Ukraine invasion approaches the four-year mark.

Science & Tech

SPRINT contractors add details about their fast, runway-independent aircraft

DARPA-SOCOM program managers aim to review the technology-demonstrator designs in April.

Ideas

2024 in review: Commentary

Defense One contributors gathered lessons from around the globe and looked ahead to the new administration.

Defense Systems

2024 in review: Defense systems

Satellites, bombers, and drones of every description are just some of the year's top systems stories.

Ideas

2024 in review: Space Force

The year saw challenges in orbit and on the ground as the young service continued to expand.

Ideas

2024 in review: Marine Corps

A new kind of regiment, more drones, and new techniques—and other stories about the Corps.

Ideas

2024 in review: Air Force

China shakeup, bombers, jammers, ICBM—it was a busy year.

Ideas

2024 in review: Navy

Bracing for the future, grappling with shipbuilding woes, watching China—and more stories about the sea service.

Ideas

2024 in Review: Army

Lessons from the Ukraine war—and what might come next—dominated the news.

Science & Tech

2024 in review: Technology

China's "nuclear" sub, Ukraine's cheap sensors, Starlink in Russian hands, and other important tech stories.

Ideas

2024 in review: Business

The rise of the software contractors, wobbles among the old guard—and more defense-industry news of the year.

Policy

2024 in review: Policy

Preparing in the Pacific, learning from Ukraine, girding for a new administration—here are some of the policy stories that shaped the past year.

Science & Tech

Defense One Radio, Ep. 163: The 2024 Air, Space & Cyber conference

Audrey Decker explains some of the top developments out of this year's AFA conference outside Washington.

Ideas

Defense One Radio, Ep. 162: Europe in a tight spot

Patrick Tucker unpacks findings from his recent trip to Prague for the 2024 Global Security Conference.

Science & Tech

Defense One Radio, Ep. 161: A trip to Louisiana with the Army’s new recon unit

The Army just put a new unit loaded with cutting-edge tech to the test at Fort Johnson. Sam Skove shares what he witnessed during a recent week-long wargame.

Science & Tech

Defense One Radio, Ep. 159: Tech Summit: DARPA’s Stefanie Tompkins

We conclude our 2024 Tech Summit coverage with an interview featuring DARPA Director Stefanie Tompkins.

Science & Tech

Defense One Radio, Ep. 158: Tech Summit: The state of hypersonics

Our 2024 Tech Summit coverage continues with a discussion about the future of hypersonic missile research and development.

Science & Tech

Defense One Radio, Ep. 157: Tech Summit: The Pentagon’s Maynard Holliday

We’re sharing some of our notable exchanges from the 2024 Defense One Technology Summit, beginning with the Pentagon's Maynard Holliday.