Defense One has hired Drew Lawrence as its air and space warfare senior reporter.
He will be covering the U.S. Air Force and Space Force, the companies they buy from, and the technology that is reshaping their missions.
“We are excited to add Drew to the Defense One team. With the insight of a former U.S. Army officer and the reporting chops of an award-winning investigative and enterprise reporter, he’ll help us expand our coverage of the people, trends, and technology shaping the future of national security,” executive editor Bradley Peniston said in a statement.
Most recently, he was a reporter at DefenseScoop, where he co-wrote an Azbee award-winning enterprise story about the Pentagon’s generative-AI push.
Lawrence helped produce a Gerald R. Ford Award-winning investigation into extremists’ recruitment of veterans. He also founded the site’s flagship podcast, Fire Watch. Lawrence, who served four years as an armor officer in the U.S. Army, later held the Military Veterans in Journalism Fellow position at CNN.
