Replicator, unveiled on August 28, 2023, is a Department of Defense (DOD) initiative, led by DOD’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), to field thousands of uncrewed systems by August 2025. Replicator’s ...

Some U.S. military units have completed training on cheap drones produced under the Replicator project, a milestone for the Pentagon's flagship innovation-at-scale effort, the deputy defense secretary ...

A U.S. Navy SEAL fires a Switchblade 300 Lethal Miniature Aerial Munition System during training. (MC1 Chelsea D. Meiller/U.S. Navy) The U.S. Army is poised to be the largest player in the first round ...

Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks speaks Feb. 21, 2024, at a conference in Washington, D.C., hosted by the Pentagon's Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office. Hicks' signature ...

Ukrainians who read the newly released details of the Pentagon's giant Replicator drone effort may well have said, "Hey, that's what we're doing." "The first tranche of Replicator capabilities include ...

WASHINGTON, May 6 (Reuters) - The Pentagon said Monday that AeroVironment Inc's (AVAV.O), opens new tab Switchblade-600 loitering munition was the first weapon to be publicly confirmed to be part of ...

The second phase of the Pentagon’s make-more-stuff-quickly effort will kick off in the 2026 budget request, a memo says. A second phase of Replicator—the Pentagon’s year-old, high-profile effort to ...

Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks speaks at the National Defense Industrial Association's Emerging Technologies conference Monday, August 28, 2023 in Washington. She announced Replicator ...

The 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment and the Threat Systems Management Office operate a swarm of 40 drones to test the rotational units capabilities at the National Training Center. (Pvt. 2nd Class James ...

The U.S. Department of Defense confirmed that deliveries for Replicator —a DOD initiative to field thousands of uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS), or drones, by August 2025—began earlier this month.