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Patrick Tucker
Technology Editor

Patrick Tucker is technology editor for Defense One. He’s also the author of The Naked Future: What Happens in a World That Anticipates Your Every Move? (Current, 2014). Previously, Tucker was deputy editor for The Futurist for nine years. Tucker has written about emerging technology in Slate, The Sun, MIT Technology Review, Wilson Quarterly, The American Legion Magazine, BBC News Magazine, Utne Reader, and elsewhere.
Policy
Sweden and Finland’s NATO Membership Coming ‘As Soon as Possible,’ Deputy Secretary General Says
NATO leaders also are expected to bolster the alliance’s eastern flank with new plans at next month’s Madrid summit.
- Patrick Tucker
Threats
Training, Logistics Snafus Show How US Advisors Could Help Ukraine, Volunteers Say
Time, effort, and materiel are being wasted for lack of a little expertise, say two U.S. volunteers recently returned from the war-torn country.
- Patrick Tucker
Threats
Intel Leaders Predict ‘Stalemate’ in Ukraine Unless Something Changes
Putin’s losses on the battlefield haven’t changed his ultimate goal.
- Patrick Tucker
Threats
China Likely to Use ‘Nuclear Coercion’ in Bid to Take Taiwan by 2027, STRATCOM Chief Says
Adm. Richard urged Congress to restore funding for a ship-based nuclear missile.
- Patrick Tucker
Policy
White House Sounds Alarm on Threat from Quantum Computers
New directive orders the government to work with industry on security that can stand up to tomorrow’s quantum-powered decryption tools.
- Patrick Tucker
Threats
Trump's DHS Manipulated Report on Russian Election Interference, Watchdog Says
A 2020 report to state and local governments was delayed and altered, a new IG report finds.
- Patrick Tucker and Courtney Bublé
Science & Tech
The Backlash to DHS's Anti-Disinformation Board Shows How US Law Is Falling Behind the Problem
Legal ambiguity may have crippled DHS’s new board from the start.
- Patrick Tucker
Science & Tech
As Satellite Images Reshape Conflict, Worries Mount About Keeping Them Safe
Radio data collected from space is the next frontier.
- Patrick Tucker
Ideas
GEOINT 2022 Conference Wire: AI Grows Up
Tracking the growth of small artificial-intelligence programs, and more from Day 2.
- Patrick Tucker
Science & Tech
NGA Will Take Over Pentagon’s Flagship AI Program
Agency also sending new special spy drones to Eastern Europe.
- Patrick Tucker
Ideas
GEOINT 2022 Conference Wire: NGA's Takeover
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency will take control of a seminal AI effort, and more from Day 1.
- Patrick Tucker
Science & Tech
What Does Musk's Purchase of Twitter Mean for Disinformation?
His free-speech values could undermine the site's efforts to stem foreign influence operations.
- Patrick Tucker
Ideas
GEOINT 2022 Conference Wire: In the Spotlight
The Ukraine war has put space imagery and mapping at the center of discussion.
- Patrick Tucker
Science & Tech
AI Is Already Learning from Russia’s War in Ukraine, DOD Says
Today’s battlefield data is helping smart machines model the wars of the future.
- Patrick Tucker
Science & Tech
Satellite-Imaging Firm to Double Its High-Resolution Constellation
Planet’s new sats will allow more photos of global hot spots per day.
- Patrick Tucker
Threats
Space Force Trying to Prep Old Satellites for New Threats by 2026
Russia and China are developing new space weapons faster than the U.S. can field new constellations. That’s forcing a big rethink on how to keep the lights on in space.
- Patrick Tucker
Science & Tech
Defense Department Sets Out to Build Miniature Nuclear Reactor, Again
Changing politics and military goals suggest that this time, mobile nuclear power could go mainstream.
- Patrick Tucker
Science & Tech
Lockheed Martin Hopes the US Has Turned the Corner on Hypersonics
March test ‘one of the biggest steps we've seen’ in development of new hypersonic weapons, company officials say.
- Patrick Tucker
Policy
US Looking at New Weapons to Help Ukraine Expand Distance and Range
New package of Ukraine aid coming soon.
- Patrick Tucker
Science & Tech
Russian Scientists Say They Have A New System to Monitor Attacks on the Russian Internet
Attacks on Russian web services have grown considerably since the start of the invasion.
- Patrick Tucker