Joint Interagency Task Force 401 announced Jan. 11 its first acquisition under the Replicator 2 initiative, awarding a ...

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon will select its first candidates for Replicator, an initiative to field thousands of drones in the next 24 months, within the next several weeks. Deputy Secretary of Defense ...

War Department acquires DroneHunter F700 counter-UAS systems under Replicator 2 initiative to counter small drone threats.

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 ...

The Defense Department’s task force focused on acquiring solutions to counter small drones has made its first purchase under ...

Replicator, the Pentagon’s effort to buy and field thousands of drones by next August, is closer than ever to its first round of funding. Congress just released the final text of its long-delayed ...

Combating small drones is the top priority for Replicator’s next phase, according to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, who offered a look into the future of the initiative in a September 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 ...

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 ...

Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks speaks during a briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Sept. 22, 2021. (Andrew Harnik/AP) WASHINGTON — The Pentagon will select its first candidates for ...