U.S. Marines operate a Skydio X2 drone at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, April 2022. (Staff Sgt. Akeel Austin/U.S. Marine Corps) WASHINGTON — The Defense Innovation Unit plans to host a technology ...
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 — The Defense Innovation Unit plans to update industry on the status of the Replicator initiative during a technology summit next month. The event, slated for Feb. 13 at the organization’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.
A second wave of Replicator program acquisitions will focus exclusively on counter-small uncrewed aircraft systems (C-sUAS) starting in fiscal 2026, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a memo ...
The Department of Defense’s effort to field thousands of autonomous drones has reached a major execution milestone. The Army’s Switchblade-600 loitering munition, built by AeroVironment, has been ...
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 ...
The U.S. Army's The 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment and the Threat Systems Management Office operate a swarm of 40 drones to test the rotational units capabilities during the battle of Razish, National ...
Pentagon leadership will accelerate high-volume production of technologies designed to detect, track and destroy enemy drones via “Replicator 2.0,” DefenseScoop has learned. This development marks the ...
The United States is accelerating an effort to revolutionize modern warfare by fielding swarms of self-operating drones and weapons systems. The push will shape the next generation of war and, ...
WASHINGTON — The Defense Innovation Unit plans to host a technology summit in the coming months as it ramps up its engagement with candidates for the Pentagon’s Replicator initiative, an effort to ...
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 ...