The next iteration of the Pentagon's Replicator initiative will center on countering threats posed by enemy drones. (Rhita Daniel, U.S. Marine Corps) The second iteration of the Pentagon’s Replicator ...
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 ...
Defense officials consistently tout the Replicator initiative — an ambitious effort to “swarm” thousands of attritable, inexpensive drones at a break-neck pace to counter China — as a great success.
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 ...
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 ...
The Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Gabrielle Giffords leads a formation in an exercise with small unmanned surface vessels in September 2023. (MC2 Jesse Monford/US Navy) The Navy’s top ...
In a speech last August, Kathleen Hicks listed the two most common questions about Replicator, her two-year pledge to buy thousands of drones and help the U.S. military compete with China. "When we ...