John Garrity
Vice President of Directed Energy Systems at AeroVironment, overseeing counter-UAS capabilities including RF detect/defeat, kinetic options, and lasers for shooting down drones.
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Mar 19, 2026 • 55min
Countering Drones and the Pace of Modern War
John Garrity, VP at AeroVironment, leads laser and multi-effector counter-UAS work. Andy Lowery, CEO of Epirus, builds high-power microwave defenses for drone swarms. Jeff Cole, Founder of Hidden Level, focuses on passive RF and multistatic detection. They discuss layered defenses, scalable directed-energy and RF approaches, procurement and industrial surge ideas, and real-world deployment challenges and readiness.
