Defense One Radio

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.  Guest: * Jan-Hendrik Boelens, co-founder and CEO of Alpine Eagle [https://alpineeagle.com/#AboutUs].

A researcher uses his work with U.S. special operations forces to explain a new neuroscientific approach to intuition, imagination, emotion, and common sense. Guest: * Angus Fletcher [https://www.angusfletcher.co/bio], Professor of Story Science at Ohio State University’s Project Narrative. His latest book is called, "Primal Intelligence: You Are Smarter Than You Know [http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/740110/primal-intelligence-by-angus-fletcher/]," from Penguin Random House.

Guest: * Patrick Tucker, Defense One science and technology editor.  Read Tucker's recent reporting on the topic below:  Related reading: * “New Golden Dome details emerge from industry day [https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2025/08/new-golden-dome-details-emerge-industry-day/407476/?oref=d1-homepage-top-story],” Tucker reported on August 14;  * "Pete Hegseth Doesn’t Want to Talk About Golden Dome [https://www.theatlantic.com/national-security/archive/2025/08/trump-reagan-golden-dome-missile-defense/683799/]," former Naval War College professor Tom Nichols wrote for The Atlantic on August 8; * “Lockheed Martin aims to test a missile-killing satellite by 2028 [https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2025/08/lockheed-martin-aims-test-missile-killing-satellite-2028/407212/],” also via Tucker, reporting August 5; * "Effects of Lower Launch Costs on Previous Estimates for Space-Based, Boost-Phase Missile Defense [https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61237]," 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, "Trump wants a Golden Dome over America. Here's what it would take [https://www.npr.org/2025/04/22/g-s1-61658/trump-golden-dome-america-iron-military-defense]," via NPR's Geoff Brumfiel, reporting April 22.   Watch the futuristic, satirical news clips from 1987's "Robocop," via YouTube, here [https://youtu.be/OEYoY3NwF24?t=52].  And you can find a trailer for the 1985 film, "Real Genius," also via YouTube, here [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuv7SIVNkx8].

Guest: * Journalist and writer Kevin Maurer [https://www.rollingstone.com/author/kevin-maurer/], whose work focuses on U.S. special operations forces around the world. Read Maurer's report for Rolling Stone, “Here's What Trump's Mexico Invasion Plan Could Look Like [https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-mexico-invasion-plan-1235223266/].”

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 here [https://www.youtube.com/@DefenseOnePlus/videos].