He teaches courses on international security, classical military theory, and emerging technologies and military innovation at. the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies (SAASS). He is also a non-resident senior fellow at the Cornell Brooks Tech Policy Institute. He is a recipient of the 2024 Christopher Coker Prize for best paper in strategic studies.

Dr. Hutto's research interests include drone warfare and its intersection with International Relations and International Relations theory, regional powers and comparative regional security, military strategy, and multinational military exercises.

His work has appeared in the Journal of Regional Security, International Politics, Defence Studies, RUSI Journal, and The Army War College Quarterly Journal: Parameters.