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Business

2025 in review: business

Industry raced to adapt to intensifying pressure to move faster, win work on Golden Dome and other efforts.

Policy

2025 in review: policy

A turbulent first year of the second Trump administration brought precedent-breaking security strategy and hasty cuts to the DOD workforce.

Business

Defense One Radio, Ep. 199: Rep. Rob Wittman

The Virginia Republican discusses the Pentagon’s acquisition reforms, the SecDef’s legislative-affairs bottleneck, and his priorities for the upcoming spending bills.

Threats

Defense One Radio, Ep. 198: Jon Wolfsthal and “A House of Dynamite”

A veteran of the National Security Council shares what the movie got right and wrong on U.S. missile defense and nuclear command and control.

Policy

ODNI to shrink further under new reorganization plan

Tulsi Gabbard said her office will cut more staff as part of a restructuring aimed in part at “ending the weaponization of intelligence.”

Science & Tech

Defense One Radio, Ep. 187: Tech Summit talks: The Space Rush

The third in a series of conversations from this year’s Defense One Tech Summit.

Policy

Defense One Radio, Ep. 179: The Army’s updated fitness test

We discuss nearly three decades of Army fitness tests, and the combat-related changes slated for introduction next year.

Science & Tech

Defense One Radio, Ep. 178: Sea-Air-Space, in review

From drones to shipbuilding, we review what we learned at this year's Sea-Air-Space conference in Washington.

Science & Tech

Defense One Radio, Ep. 177: Army chief Gen. Randy George

We conclude our interview series of military service chiefs with the general in charge of the Army.

Science & Tech

Defense One Radio, Ep. 176: Space Force Gen. Chance Saltzman

Our State of Defense interview series with the general in charge of the military’s space operations.