Army chief Gen. Randy George

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) here. 

Guests: Former Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov 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 GLOBSEC Forum in Prague.

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 GLOBSEC Forum 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.

Guests: Brandon Tseng, 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 GLOBSEC Forum 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.

Guests: Col. Joshua Gaspard, commander of the 173rd Airborne Brigade, based in Vicenza, Italy. Learn more about exercises Swift Response and African Lion 2025 here and here, respectively.

Guests: Marine Lt. Gen. Roger B. Turner of the III Marine Expeditionary Force, and the 3D Marine Division's Maj. Gen. Christian F. Wortman, in conversation with Defense One's Jennifer Hlad. You can view our other 2025 State of Defense interviews here. 

Guests: Command Sergeant Major JoAnn Nauman, Command Senior Enlisted Leader of Army Special Operations Command, in conversation with Defense One's Meghann Myers and Ben Watson. Related reading: "Army establishes new fitness test of record to strengthen readiness and lethality," published April 21, 2025; "Setting Higher Close Combat Standards for the Army Combat Fitness Test," via RAND researchers, published Dec 20, 2024;  And "Independent Review of the Army Combat Fitness Test," also via RAND, published Mar 23, 2022.

Guests: Defense One's Meghann Myers and Lauren C. Williams.

Guest: U.S. Army chief of staff Gen. Randy George, interviewed by Defense One’s Patrick Tucker. Catch our full State of Defense agenda and future events, here.

Guest: U.S. Space Force commander Gen. Chance Saltzman, interviewed by Defense One’s Audrey Decker. Catch our full State of Defense agenda and future events, running through the end of March, here.