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Defense One Staff
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.
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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.
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Business
Defense One Radio, Ep. 194: Highlights from AFA's Air, Space & Cyber Conference
Our editors explore the dominant themes from this year's edition.
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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.”
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Policy
Defense One Radio, Ep. 175: Air Force chief Gen. David Allvin
Our State of Defense interview series continues.
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Policy
Defense One Radio, Ep. 174: Marine Corps Gen. Eric Smith
Our annual State of Defense interview series begins with a commandant working to balance crisis response and modernization.
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Policy
Trump spending freeze halts some national-lab projects
A "critically important" grid-resiliency project at Lawrence Livermore is on hold, along with other work, lab directors testify.
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Threats
Airliner, Army helicopter collide over Potomac River
Black Hawk was carrying three service members when it crashed into the passenger jet with 64 people aboard.
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Policy
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.
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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.
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Ideas
2024 in review: Commentary
Defense One contributors gathered lessons from around the globe and looked ahead to the new administration.
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Defense Systems
2024 in review: Defense systems
Satellites, bombers, and drones of every description are just some of the year's top systems stories.
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Ideas
2024 in review: Space Force
The year saw challenges in orbit and on the ground as the young service continued to expand.
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Ideas
2024 in review: Marine Corps
A new kind of regiment, more drones, and new techniques—and other stories about the Corps.
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