Ukraine’s milestone shows drones prevent defeat, but don’t secure victory
Drone innovation is speeding up, but war has not followed. Is this the future?
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Defense One Radio, Ep. 192: Alpine Eagle’s Jan-Hendrik Boelens
A Munich-based developer with a new air-to-air counter-drone system shares insights into Europe’s growing defense industry and recent lessons from Russia’s Ukraine invasion.
DIU leader exits, leaving behind a blueprint for faster tech
Doug Beck submitted his resignation Friday.
The Pentagon plan to Americanize drone warfare
At drone experiment outside Indianapolis, various elements came together to reveal the way forward.
How the Marines’ attack drone team is defining UAV warfare
A competition to find the Corps’ best operators begins this fall.
Defense One Radio, Ep. 190: The Pentagon’s Golden Dome clampdown
Six months into President Trump’s return to the White House, here’s what we know about the Pentagon’s ambitious and controversial missile defense program.
Pentagon readies new battery strategy amid growing drone demands
Expect the sensitive document to be released in early 2026.
New Golden Dome details emerge from industry day
Participants, and a Pentagon briefing deck, describe new roles for AI, new ideas for defensive satellites.
Space Force launches experimental satellite to inform future GPS
Delays with ULA’s Vulcan pushed back the launch nearly three years.
Will 2026 be military lasers’ breakthrough year?
The Army is ready to award a production contract for vehicle-based directed-energy air defense.