On this episode of the Aerospace & Defense Technology podcast, the guest is Michael O'Hara, CUAS Mission Solutions and Strategy Manager for Northrop Grumman.

O'Hara provides unique insight into how the use of small inexpensive drones on the battlefield in Ukraine and other modern conflicts is changing the way the U.S. military deploys and operates counter unmanned aerial system (UAS) technology. Check out the Council on Foreign Relations article "How the Drone War in Ukraine Is Transforming Conflict," to read the article that is referenced in the intro.

In the first half of the interview, O'Hara discusses how Northrop Grumman first entered the military C-UAS space, how Ukraine is changing the way C-UAS technologies are deployed and operated and the effectiveness of directed energy, high powered lasers and other new kinetic and non-kinetic countermeasures in warfare.

Look out for the second half of the interview in the next episode!