About this episode

Eric DeMarco, CEO of Kratos Defense, discusses the company's innovative approach to defense technology.

What can Kratos Defense do that larger defense primes can’t? In this episode of Opto Sessions, CEO Eric DeMarco explains the company’s low-cost approach to AI drones, hypersonic systems and space infrastructure, and makes the case that the future of defense belongs to scalable, software-enabled, affordable systems.

People in this episode

Hosts: Haydn Brain, Ed Gotham

Guest: Eric DeMarco

Topics covered

• defense
• drones
• hypersonics
• AI
• space infrastructure
• affordable systems

Keywords

• Kratos Defense
• drones
• hypersonics
• AI systems
• defense technology
• space infrastructure

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Organizations: Kratos Defense, Opto Sessions

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