The Department of Defense aims to transform the battlefield with advanced autonomous systems through its ambitious and potentially game-changing Replicator initiative. This program seeks to rapidly ...

The programme’s initial phase focuses on fielding “attritable” systems within 18 to 24 months. Credit: Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Richard PerezGarcia/The Department of Defense. US Defense Innovation Unit ...

The Pentagon is getting new drones for its ambitious Replicator program, which is designed to field thousands of autonomous systems by August 2025. The Department of Defense said last week that ...

The latest systems join the existing Switchblade-600 loitering munition included in the first tranche of Replicator. Credit: Flying Camera / Shutterstock. The US Department of Defense (DoD) has ...

WASHINGTON, Nov 13 (Reuters) - The Pentagon announced on Wednesday that it will add two new types of drones and more networking software to its ambitious Replicator initiative aimed at rapidly putting ...

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 Secretary Lloyd Austin on Monday ordered top Pentagon and military officials to launch a new initiative known as Replicator 2 that will focus on countering drones, following the first effort ...

The Pentagon’s Replicator rapid-fielding initiative will focus on drone countering technology for its second iteration. Defense Department leaders have plans to request funds for the initiative in the ...

The Pentagon’s next phase of its innovative Replicator initiative will focus on countering small drones at military installations across the globe, the department announced Monday. Defense Secretary ...

The Pentagon’s Replicator program is shifting its focus to a pressing concern for modern warfare: countering small uncrewed aerial systems (C-sUAS). According to recent announcements from Department ...

A second phase of Replicator—the Pentagon’s year-old, high-profile effort to buy thousands of cheap-ish autonomous weapons—aims to procure defenses against small drones. Dubbed Replicator 2, the ...