The Pentagon’s Golden Dome clampdown
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Guest: Patrick Tucker, Defense One science and technology editor. Read Tucker's recent reporting on the topic below: Related reading: “,” Tucker reported on August 14; "," former Naval War College professor Tom Nichols wrote for The Atlantic on August 8; “,” also via Tucker, reporting August 5; "," May 5, via the Congressional Budget Office with an estimated total price tag for Golden Dome somewhere between $831 billion to $542 billion; See also, "," via NPR's Geoff Brumfiel, reporting April 22. Watch the futuristic,...
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The U.S. military vs. drug cartels
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Guest: Journalist and writer , whose work focuses on U.S. special operations forces around the world. Read Maurer's report for Rolling Stone, “.”
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Tech Summit talks: The venture capitalists’ perspective
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Panelists: Susanne Hake, General Manager of U.S. Government Business for Maxar Intelligence; Greg Little, Senior Counselor at Palantir Technologies; Sarah Pearson, Director of Commercial Engagement at the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU); David Rothzeid, Principal Investor at Shield Capital; And moderator Lauren Williams, Senior Editor at Defense One. View more of this year's Tech Summit discussions on YouTube .
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Tech Summit talks: The Space Rush
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Panelists: Derek M. Tournear, Ph.D., Director, Space Development Agency; Bill Vass, CTO, Booz Allen; And Frank Konkel, Editor-in-Chief, Government Executive. View more of this year's Tech Summit discussions on YouTube .
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Tech Summit talks: Anduril's Chris Brose
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Speakers: Christian Brose, President and Chief Strategy Officer, Anduril Industries; And Patrick Tucker, Defense One’s science and technology editor. View more of this year's Tech Summit discussions (registration required) .
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Tech Summit talks: Golden Dome, hypersonics and missile defense
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Panelists: Air Force Maj. Gen. Mark Piper, Deputy Director of Operations at North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD); Masao Dahlgren, fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies’ Missile Defense Project; Doug Loverro, president of Loverro Consulting; And Patrick Tucker, Defense One’s science and technology editor. View any of this year's Tech Summit discussions (registration required) .
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Former Ukrainian defense chief Oleksii Reznikov
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Guests: Former Ukrainian Defense Minister in conversation with Defense One’s Patrick Tucker on the sidelines of the GLOBSEC 2025 conference in Prague. Defense One is media partner for this year's 20th edition of the in Prague.
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The future of NATO, with retired French Gen. Philippe Lavigne
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Guests: Philippe Lavigne, a retired French general, was Chief of Staff of the French Air and Space Force from 2018 to 2021, then NATO's transformation chief for three years. As media partner for this year's 20th edition of the in Prague, Defense One is sharing a series of special pre-conference interviews exploring the future of defense, technological innovation, the changing battlefield and geopolitical upheaval.
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Defense innovation with Shield AI’s Brandon Tseng
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Guests: , co-founder and president of Shield AI, in conversation with Defense One's Patrick Tucker. As media partner for this year's 20th edition of the in Prague, Defense One is sharing a series of special pre-conference interviews exploring the future of defense, technological innovation, the changing battlefield and geopolitical upheaval.
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What the Army is learning about FPV drones
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Guests: Col. Joshua Gaspard, commander of the 173rd Airborne Brigade, based in Vicenza, Italy. Learn more about exercises Swift Response and African Lion 2025 and , respectively.
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Guests:
- Elliot Ackerman, author and contributing writer at The Atlantic;
- Peter Tamte, founder and CEO of Victura;
- And Defense One science and tech editor Patrick Tucker.
Sources and additional reading:
- "Goodbye, My Brother," by Elliot Ackerman, writing for Esquire on March 23, 2017;
- The video game "Six Days in Fallujah";
- "Ultra-Realistic Modern Warfare Game Features Awaiting Orders, Repairing Trucks," a satirical video produced in January 2011 by The Onion;
- "Virtual reality exposure therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD): a meta-analysis," published August 2019 in the European Journal of Psychotraumatology;
- "Trauma, treatment and Tetris: video gaming increases hippocampal volume in male patients with combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder," published April 2020 in the Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience;
- And "Putting the Gaming Experience at the Center of the Therapy—The Video Game Therapy® Approach," published June 2023 in Healthcare.