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Drone Wars — 95 episodes
One Mine Could Shut Down the Strait of Hormuz for Months: Matthew Walther
What 80 Years of Peace Does to a Country's Defense Mindset: Rachel Costello
35,000 Cartel Drone Flights Across the U.S. Border A Year: Robert Almonte
HIs Autonomous USV Ran Into Chinese Warships in the Taiwan Strait: Mike Flanigan
Putting a Pyramid on the Moon and Spreading Life Beyond Earth: Ben Haldeman
How a Fighter Pilot Is Disrupting Electronic Warfare Training: Clark "Slider" Haymond
Comms is the Backbone of National Security: Omar Javaid
The Unglamorous Tech Powering the Drone Revolution: Rob Sladen
The Warfighter is the Ultimate Innovator: Adam Fife
Inside Ukraine's Hidden Drone Factories: Brian Streem
Why 9 Out of 10 Drones in Ukraine Miss Their Targets: John Dulin
Tesla Invented the Drone in 1898 and We're Still Copying It: George Dougherty
Frontline Ukrainian Drone Operator Speaks Out and Warns America: Illya Sekirin
Ukraine's Elite Drone Unit Explains 65KM Bombers & Mothership FPVs: Major Yurii "Phoenix"
The Pacific War Plan, Information Warfare, and Leading Marines Into Battle: Duane Blank
We Need to Treat American Warfighters Better: Joe Musselman
New Wave of Consolidation in Defense Tech? Garrett Smith
Fiber Optic Drones in Ukraine Could Shape America's Future of Warfare: Troy Smothers
This is the Drone Wars Podcast
What Defense Gets Wrong About C-UAS: Nathan Mintz
The Frontlines Need this Contested Logistics Solution: Ian Muceus
Recoverable Systems Are The Future of Drone Warfare: Jeff Wright
Data Overload Can Be Deadly: Jackie Barbieri
Stanford Dropout Turned AI Founder at 20: Jarren Reid
The AI Arms Race with China: Andy Markoff
Ukraine Has the BEST Drones in the World: Lito Part IV
Combat Drone Pilot in Ukraine Speaks Out: Lito Part III
Arriving On the Frontlines of Ukraine: Lito Part II
How He Ended Up Fighting in Ukraine: Lito Part I
A Century of Drone Wars: Most Prominent Shifts in UAV Combat History
The West’s New Defense Marketplace: Mike Sims Part II
Becoming a Marine Raider Post 9/11: Mike Sims Part I
Taiwan’s Strategy and Scaling Tech for Modern Conflict: Ellen Chang Part II
Taiwan, China and the Future of Drone Wars: Ellen Chang Part I
Winning the Pacific with xCell: Chad McCoy
Most Viral Drone Moments of 2025
3D Printed Drones, Ukraine Lessons & Fixing DOD Lag: Joslyn Tarr
Jamie Dimon Drops a Bombshell for U.S. Defense: Dan Reacts
The Truth About Being a Defense Entrepreneur: Larsen Jenson Part II
America’s Defense Tech Revolution: Larsen Jenson Part I
Defense Tech Founder Reacts to Palmer Luckey on Rogan
What We Can Learn From Defense Tech Primes: Brandon Florian
Defense Is An Away Game, Stephen Rodriguez Part II
Defense Investor Insights, Stephen Rodriguez Part I
Former SpaceX Lead and Tech Founder, Karthik Gollapudi Part II
Former SpaceX Lead and Tech Founder, Karthik Gollapudi Part I
Big Jobs, Less Gov in Defense Tech: Hamlet Yousef Part II
Ukraine, Drones and VC: Hamlet Yousef Part I
Former Combat Pilot Lt. Col. Josh (Cabo) Gunderson, PART II
Former Combat Pilot Lt. Col. Josh (Cabo) Gunderson, PART I
General David H. Petraeus, PART II
General David H. Petraeus, PART I
Zane Mountcastle, CEO and Co-Founder of Picogrid
What if the First Responder Wasn't Human? - Brett Kanda | Part II
What if the First Responder Wasn't Human? - Brett Kanda | Part I
What Top VCs Look For in Defense: Beyond Just Great Tech | Aaron Jacobson
Warfare Rewritten: From DIY Drones to State-Scale Swarms - Sam Bendett | Part II
Warfare Rewritten: From DIY Drones to State-Scale Swarms - Sam Bendett | Part I
Breaking Free from GPS - Shaun Moore & Brett Harrison | Part II
Breaking Free from GPS - Shaun Moore & Brett Harrison | Part I
Inside the Machine: How Venture and Defense Collide - Chris Donaghey & James Cross | Part II
Inside the Machine: How Venture and Defense Collide - Chris Donaghey & James Cross | Part I
Manufacturing the Future: Defense Innovation and Autonomous Infrastructure - Travis Demeester
Boots, Boards & Breakthroughs - Jake Windle | Part II
Boots, Boards & Breakthroughs - Jake Windle | Part I
Ukraine's Spiderweb attack. | Sam Bendett
Founding the Fight: Startups and the Future of Defense - Nathan Mintz | Part II
Founding the Fight: Startups and the Future of Defense - Nathan Mintz | Part I
Drone Dominance: Inside Ukraine and Russia’s Tech Arms Race - Sam Bendett | Part II
Drone Dominance: Inside Ukraine and Russia’s Tech Arms Race - Sam Bendett | Part I
What It Takes to Build a War-Ready Drone - Florian Seibel | Part II
What It Takes to Build a War-Ready Drone - Florian Seibel | Part I
Defense at the Edge of Innovation | Part II
Defense at the Edge of Innovation | Part I
Future Ready: Drones, Doctrine, and the Fight for Overmatch | Part III
Future Ready: Drones, Doctrine, and the Fight for Overmatch | Part II
Future Ready: Drones, Doctrine, and the Fight for Overmatch | Part I
Drones in Combat: Ukrainian Pilots Speak Out
Lessons from Ukraine’s Top Drone Pilots
Drone Warfare in Ukraine: Insights from the Frontline
Ukraine’s Drone Strategy and U.S. Weaknesses
Ukraine’s Drone Tactics and Warfare with Brian Streem
Warfare Has Changed. Our Laws Haven’t.
Defense Tech, Drones, and the Future Fight with Tommy Hendrix
Autonomy Beneath the Waves: Underwater Drones
Drones Are Changing the Rules of War
Why Drones Are Now the Most Feared Weapon in Modern War
What’s Killing Defense Startups?
The Rise of Unmanned Warfare: Trends from the Battlefield
How Ukraine is Revolutionizing Drone Warfare
Lightfish: The 10-Foot Drone Changing Marine Science
Why the US Is Lagging In Unmanned Innovation: A Wake-Up Call
Why Tradition is Holding Us Hostage
Adapting To a New Battlefield: The U.S. Military's Innovation Challenge
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