Unmanned Surface Vessels, Drone Swarms, & Deterring China | Bryan Clark (Podcast #19)

Bryan Clark is a senior fellow and director of the Center for Defense Concepts and Technology at Hudson Institute. He is an expert in naval operations, electronic warfare, autonomous systems, military competitions, and wargaming.TOPICS(0:00) Intro(1:00) Bryan's Background & Hudson Institute(4:21) Saronic & USVs Breakdown(15:05) Impacts of Drones in Ukraine War(18:21) Carrier Strike Group in Age of USVs(24:00) American Drone Production Capacity(27:01) Unitree & Humanoid Robots(30:28) How to Counter Drone Swarms(39:18) GPS Denied Components for Drones(42:01) Retooling Our Arsenal & Countering China(51:26) DOD Getting Ahead of DOGE?(54:41) Hypersonics Are Not That Great(57:06) Contested Logistics(1:00:37) Lasers Are Overrated(01:04:11) Loitering Munitions(01:06:17) Undersea Drones(01:11:08) OutroFollow the show everywhere! 👇YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thedroneultimatumApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-drone-ultimatum/id1770994541X (Twitter): https://x.com/droneultimatumInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedroneultimatum/Check out Allen Control Systems (ACS): https://www.allencontrolsystems.com/