2021 Top Ten: Army
The Army took strides in its version of the Pentagon's connect-everything plan. But leaders said more changes are ahead.
2021 Top Ten: Ideas
The intertwined need to confront China and climate change, turning the tables on Russian psyops, and more.
2021 Top Ten: Navy
The sea service moved ahead with new warship ideas and tested new warfighting concepts. But will they win over Congress?
2021 Top Ten: Policy
From domestic extremism to China's challenges to lingering Mideast operations, defense leaders had their hands full.
2021 Top Ten: Space Force
In a year when the military's newest service turned two, there remain plenty of unsettled policy areas.
2021 Top Ten: Tech
Along with AI and JADC2, the year's top tech stories include the Army's December announcement of a vaccine that covers all possible COVID variants.
2021 Top Ten: Air Force
The emergency evacuation from Kabul, unprecedented in scope and speed, was the operational highlight of the year.
2021 Top Ten: Business
Industry hailed the Pentagon's cashflow assistance as personnel and supply-chain woes mounted. Now inflation might be the biggest concern.
2021 Top Ten: Marine Corps
Plenty of changes are coming to the Corps as its commandant seeks nimbler units and a modern approach to recruiting and retention.
Defense One Radio, Ep. 94: 2021, in review
We review some of the biggest ideas discussed this year on the podcast.
Defense One Radio, Ep. 93: Outlook 2022
We continue our look-ahead to next year, featuring interviews with White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall, and more.
DODIIS Conference Wire: USAF's Information Warfare
On Day 2 of the conference, a look at how the Air Force's new IW operating concepts.
Defense One Radio, Ep. 92: Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin
Defense One's Tara Copp sat down with the SecDef as part of the Outlook 2022 event series.
DODIIS Conference Wire: AI's Promise and Peril
As DODIIS opened, several leaders said machine learning would help keep tabs on Russian and Chinese advances—eventually.
DODIIS Conference Wire: What to Look For
Some 3,000 people are expected to attend this year's edition of the DIA's IT-and-intelligence conference.
Defense One Radio, Ep. 91: Project Overmatch + Project Convergence, updated
We explore the future of the U.S. Navy's Project Overmatch.
Defense One Radio, Ep. 90: Project Convergence and the Louisiana Maneuvers
To understand how the U.S. Army intends to fight in coming years, we must look back to experiments in the early days of World War II.
Defense One Radio, Ep. 89: The past, present, and future of Army vehicles
From the old M113 to the new OMFV, we review some of the more visible ground vehicle programs from the last few decades.
AUSA Conference Wire: Financial Readiness
The Army's top enlisted soldier has plans to help troops square away their finances.
AUSA Conference Wire: Connect Everything
New: a weapons-testing lab just for networking. Coming up: a wargame featuring a battalion of unmanned vehicles.
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