Mary Beth Long is a member of the Board of Directors of Red Cat Holdings. Red Cat Holdings is a military technology company that integrates robotic hardware and software to provide critical situational awareness and actionable intelligence to ground combatants and battlefield commanders. Its mission is to “rule the night” by enhancing the effectiveness and security of domestic and global military operations. Red Cat’s suite of solutions includes Teal Drones, developers of Golden Eagle, a small unmanned system with the highest resolution imaging for night operations, and unmanned aerial vehicles for indoor spaces and other hazardous environments. Includes Skypersonic, a leading provider.
Mary Beth is the founder of MB Long & Associates, an international legal advisory firm. From 2007 to 2009, Mary Beth was the first woman to be confirmed to the U.S. Senate, as Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and as Chair of the NATO High-Level Group responsible for NATO’s nuclear policy. served. In her role at the Department of Defense, she also served as Deputy Chief of Defense for the Middle East, Africa, Western Hemisphere, Asia and Southeast Asia. She served as Deputy Secretary of Defense for Counter-Drug Terrorism with a budget of over $1 billion. To these credentials she adds her ten-plus years of experience working with the Central Intelligence Agency on terrorism and other security issues.
Mary Beth has advised several presidential candidates and regularly appears on Fox News, BBC, CNN, Al Jazeera English and NPR on Middle East affairs and the intelligence community. She is a practicing attorney and from 1999 until 2004 she was an associate at Williams & Connolly LLP, specializing in civil litigation. She also travels regularly to the Middle East, Europe, Latin America and Afghanistan and has offices in Abu Dhabi and Kabul.
In this episode of Drone Radio Show, Mary Beth discusses Red Cat Holdings, the current challenges and opportunities for anti-drone solutions, and the future of protecting critical assets from drone intrusions.