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Patrick Tucker
Science & Technology Editor, Defense One
Patrick Tucker is science and technology editor for Defense One. He’s also the author of The Naked Future: What Happens in a World That Anticipates Your Every Move? (Current, 2014). Previously, Tucker was deputy editor for The Futurist for nine years. Tucker has written about emerging technology in Slate, The Sun, MIT Technology Review, Wilson Quarterly, The American Legion Magazine, BBC News Magazine, Utne Reader, and elsewhere.
Contracts
DIU orders software to drive massive drone swarms
The software glue holding the Replicator effort together is beginning to harden.
- By Patrick Tucker
Companies
Can AI predict if a Marine will quit? Corps wants to know
“Retention prediction network” could reveal signs that trainers and recruiters might otherwise miss.
- By Patrick Tucker
Companies
Companies that left Russia after 2022 invasion saw reputation boost, study shows
Even firms that hesitated eventually saw better net buzz.
- By Patrick Tucker
Companies
How AI is turning satellite imagery into a window on the future
What can a picture from space tell you? “You're likely to have a drought here that might lead to civil unrest.”
- By Patrick Tucker
Contracts
As space gets more crowded, Pentagon looks to AI to spot weapons
A new DARPA contract aims to identify satellites behaving strangely.
- By Patrick Tucker
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New bill would greatly expand Defense Department quantum efforts
Proposed legislation would establish a quantum advisor and a new center of excellence.
- By Patrick Tucker
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Navy envisions ‘hundreds of thousands’ of drones in the Pacific to deter China
With DIU contracting for prototypes, Pacific Fleet is experimenting with unmanned craft that may one day defend Taiwan.
- By Patrick Tucker
Companies
How often does ChatGPT push misinformation?
Researchers found that one of the most popular generative-AI tools agreed with false statements up to one-quarter of the time.
- By Patrick Tucker
Contracts
Lockheed, Northrop share $1.5 billion contract for new transport satellites
This batch of 72 satellites will begin launching in 2026 and function as “the space backbone for the Joint All Domain Command and Control.”
- By Patrick Tucker
Contracts
DIU chooses software company for $100M aircraft monitoring tech contract
Teleidoscope will work to apply its artificial intelligence-based system into video threads that watch for aircraft
- By Patrick Tucker
Companies
Pentagon mobilized to support tech startups after bank failure
The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank presents the Defense Department with both warnings and opportunities.
- By Patrick Tucker and Marcus Weisgerber
Companies
Decrying Starlink's 'weaponization,' SpaceX cuts support for Ukrainian military
But Wednesday's explanation by the Elon Musk-founded company is at odds with its continuing work for the U.S. military.
- By Patrick Tucker
Contracts
Why defense budgets will stay high after the Ukraine war
The war is exposing how European nations were underinvesting in defense, and the critical role that renewable energy will play in transatlantic security.
- By Patrick Tucker
Contracts
Mike Bloomberg Named Chair of Defense Innovation Board
The former New York City mayor and billionaire replaces Mark Sirangelo.
- By Patrick Tucker and Marcus Weisgerber