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The Lawmakers Fighting to Modernize the Pentagon
Jun 8, 2026
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Synthetic Biology, Drones, and AI: The Risks of Dual-Use Technologies
May 27, 2026
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Meet the New Host of Cogs of War
May 14, 2026
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Why Booz Allen is Partnering With One of the World's Most Important VC Firms
Apr 15, 2026
44m 14s
The Future Soldier Loadout: Smarter Gear or Dead Weight?
Apr 10, 2026
50m 23s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/8/26 | ![]() The Lawmakers Fighting to Modernize the Pentagon | Congress rarely moves fast, but Reps. Rob Wittman and Pat Ryan are trying to change that. The two lawmakers founded the bipartisan House Defense Modernization Caucus in 2024 and have driven reforms through two consecutive defense authorization acts, targeting acquisitions and other bottlenecks. Jonathan sits down with both congressmen to discuss their initiatives, how a caucus without markup power actually moves legislation, and whether bipartisan cooperation on defense can last. | — | ||||||
| 5/27/26 | ![]() Synthetic Biology, Drones, and AI: The Risks of Dual-Use Technologies | Is it too late to stop criminals and American adversaries from exploiting AI to conduct cyberattacks or design novel pathogens? Has regulation kept pace with the threat civilian drones pose to critical infrastructure? AI researcher Lennart Heim, Army drone strategist Paul Lushenko, and CEO of Sentinel Bio Claire Qureshi join Jonathan to discuss the trade-offs between protecting the public and letting the private sector forge ahead. The conversation gets into synthetic DNA, the risk of drones at the FIFA World Cup, and whether the U.S. government should get early access to Silicon Valley's newest large language models. | — | ||||||
| 5/14/26 | ![]() Meet the New Host of Cogs of War | Ryan sits down at the Cogs of War mic for the last time to introduce Jonathan Panter, the new host and executive editor of Cogs of War. Jonathan shares his background, from naval officer to scholar. They discuss major defense tech issues, and Jonathan shares what he hopes to accomplish at the helm of Cogs of War. | — | ||||||
| 4/15/26 | ![]() Why Booz Allen is Partnering With One of the World's Most Important VC Firms✨ | defense technologyventure capital+3 | Bryce PippertMatt Cronin | Booz AllenAndreessen Horowitz+2 | — | Booz AllenAndreessen Horowitz+5 | — | 44m 14s | |
| 4/10/26 | ![]() The Future Soldier Loadout: Smarter Gear or Dead Weight?✨ | future soldier loadoutmilitary technology+5 | three former servicemembers | smarter geardead weight+1 | American | soldier loadoutmilitary technology+5 | — | 50m 23s | |
| 3/19/26 | ![]() Countering Drones and the Pace of Modern War✨ | counter-drone solutionsmodern warfare+3 | — | AeroVironmentEpirus+1 | AmericaUkraine+2 | dronesmilitary strategy+7 | — | 55m 12s | |
| 2/24/26 | ![]() Agentic AI and the Pentagon's Integration Challenge✨ | Agentic AImilitary networks+5 | Ben Van RooJags Kandasamy+1 | Legion IntelligenceLatent AI+3 | — | Agentic AIDepartment of Defense+5 | — | 55m 04s | |
| 2/4/26 | ![]() SkyFoundry and the Future of American Drone Production at Scale✨ | drone productionmilitary strategy+3 | Rep. Pat Harrigan | SkyFoundryNational Defense Authorization Act | United StatesChina+1 | dronesSkyFoundry Act+7 | — | 37m 30s | |
| 12/9/25 | ![]() Building an Academic Arsenal✨ | defense technologypublic-private partnerships+4 | John BeielerJohn Paul Sawyer | University of MarylandWar on the Rocks | AmericaWashington | defensetechnology+5 | — | 34m 40s | |
| 11/6/25 | ![]() The Tech and Tradecraft Behind Open Source Intelligence✨ | open source intelligencetechnology+5 | Ryan CurranTucker Moore+1 | ZeroFoxBooz Allen Hamilton+1 | — | open source intelligencetechnology+5 | — | 45m 33s | |
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| 10/23/25 | ![]() Missiles and the Math of Modern Warfare✨ | missilesmodern warfare+3 | Ethan ThorntonSean Pitt+1 | Mach IndustriesCastelion+1 | AmericaChina | missilescost+5 | — | 48m 53s | |
| 10/6/25 | ![]() What it Takes for Dual-Use Tech Companies to Truly Succeed✨ | dual-use technologyinvesting+4 | Sherman Williams | AIN Ventures | — | dual-use techinvestment challenges+4 | — | 19m 15s | |
| 9/24/25 | ![]() Rockets, Politics, and Power: A Conversation with Tory Bruno of ULA✨ | space industryrockets+3 | Tory Bruno | United Launch AllianceWar on the Rocks | — | Tory BrunoULA+3 | — | 52m 20s | |
| 8/25/25 | ![]() Moving at the Speed of War: A Conversation with Horacio Rozanski of Booz Allen | The future fight won't be won by those with the biggest budgets, most polished strategies, or largest armies. It will be won by those who can translate breakthrough technology into usable capability at speed and scale. Ryan was joined by Horacio Rozanski, the CEO of Booz Allen, to talk about the role his company is playing in this race. Having reoriented Booz Allen into a technology integrator, he shares the cultural and organizational challenges of turning Booz Allen into a company of builders, the bets being made on emerging technologies, and how his personal journey — from immigrant to Booz Allen intern to CEO — shapes how he sees change. | — | ||||||
| 8/13/25 | ![]() From BUD/S to the Boardroom: The Fight to Revolutionize Munitions Factories | A career-ending spinal injury during Navy SEAL training could have closed Joe Musselman's chapter of service. Instead, it became the catalyst for a new one. He first founded The Honor Foundation to help special operators bring their elite standards to civilian leadership, then launched BVVC Capital, a venture fund backing relentlessly focused founders. He most recently assembled the founding team at Union, a munitions company designed to re-imagine munitions production. In this conversation, Musselman shares the through line in all of his work and how elite standards, trust, and execution can reshape people, networks, and organizations. | — | ||||||
| 7/28/25 | ![]() Solving the Pentagon's Acquisition Puzzle | There's a fundamental mismatch between the agile acquisition processes that the Pentagon says it wants, and the unfortunate bureaucratic reality. Bonnie Evangelista, an acquisition maverick, joins the show to explain why. She spent the last seven years implementing rapid acquisition strategies for Army Defensive Cyber, the Joint AI Center, and the Chief Digital AI Office, and is now a strategic advisor supporting the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul team rewriting the Federal Acquisition Regulations. | — | ||||||
| 7/14/25 | ![]() Lessons Learned and a Big Play on Drones from Latvia | Could this small state's collaborative approach to defense planning be the future for countries seeking asymmetric advantages? Ryan traveled to northeastern Europe to sit down with Uģis Norītis, Latvia's undersecretary of state for planning at its Ministry of Defence, to discuss how Latvia is growing its defense industry and industrial base. Hear how Latvia leverages battlefront testing in Ukraine, military-led prototyping, its budding drone industry, and expansive drone testing and training ranges that it wants to make available to companies from allied countries to prepare for the future fight. Did you enjoy this episode? Sign up here for the biweekly Cogs of War newsletter to stay updated on our new content. | — | ||||||
| 6/30/25 | ![]() Inside Skunk Works: How the OG Aerospace Innovators Operate | What does it take to push aerospace innovation from concept to battlefield? Ryan sits down with John Clark, Lockheed Martin's senior vice president for technology and strategic innovation and former head of the legendary Skunk Works. They unpack the Skunk Works playbook for rapid innovation, reveal proven strategies for bending the cost curve, and explore why established defense giants may have an unexpected edge in the race for AI advantage. | — | ||||||
| 6/16/25 | ![]() The Future of Software-Defined Warfare | How can you bring together technical directors, military officials, and competing commercial interests to craft effective defense tech policy? Whitney McNamara and Stephen Rodriguez, the co-author and commission director of the Atlantic Council's Commission on Software-Defined Warfare, sit down with Ryan to talk about guiding tech adoption and more in government and defense. | — | ||||||
| 6/2/25 | ![]() Moving Fast and Breaking Things in the U.S. Navy | "Innovation adoption is a contact sport." As the chief technology officer of the Department of the Navy, Justin Fanelli is one of the leaders responsible for ensuring warfighters have access to bleeding edge solutions. Listen to his conversation with Ryan Evans, recorded live at an event in Washington, DC — our first episode of Cogs of War, a new vertical on defense tech and the defense industry brought to you by War on the Rocks and supported by Booz Allen Hamilton. | — | ||||||
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2 placements across 2 markets.
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