He’s an Ex-Anduril Green Beret, and his new company's robotic gun can take down hostile drones with just two shots. In this episode, Peter Webb, Director of Mission Operations at Allen Control Systems, joins us to discuss the lightning-fast evolution of drone warfare, the tech behind their incredibly precise Bullfrog counter-drone system, and what it takes to defeat threats moving at hundreds of degrees per second. PLUS: Are drone swarms overrated? And a rapid-fire round on the future of military tech, from subsea drones to space weapons and hypersonic missiles.
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Chapters:
00:00 Meet the Green Beret Building Anti-Drone Robot Guns
02:28 What Most Don't Understand About Drone Warfare
04:54 The Bullfrog: 2 Shots to Kill a Drone
07:41 Countering Drone Swarms: Is It Possible?
09:25 The Tech Behind Pinpoint Robotic Accuracy
12:00 Why Robotic Turrets for Counter-Drone?
16:20 How Far Away Are Autonomous Drone Swarms?
17:41 Keeping Defense Tech "Future-Proof"
20:34 Bullfrog Beyond the Battlefield? (Stadium Defense)
22:31 Military Shifting: Big Systems vs. Nimble Tech
24:10 Tech He Wished He Had in Special Forces
26:46 Has the US Military Internalized Ukraine's Lessons?
28:33 Overrated/Underrated: Military Tech Rapid Fire
31:28 The Future of Defense Tech Innovation